IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bloomfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IN155021
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IN155021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SW8121
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23618
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 38.6977389
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2027444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet north and 1800 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN155—Switzerland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nickell and Stephenson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic Psammentic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • Classificaton Date - 11/23/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: dune
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/23/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9. Lab sample # SW81211
    BT—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 15 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # SW81212
    E1—30 to 33 centimeters (11.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # SW81213
    BT—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # SW81214
    E2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # SW81215
    BT—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # SW81216
    E2—89 to 99 centimeters (35.0 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # SW81217
    BT—99 to 109 centimeters (39.0 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # SW81218
    E2—109 to 117 centimeters (42.9 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # SW81219
    BT—117 to 124 centimeters (46.1 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; weak subangular blocky structure; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # SW812110
    C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # SW812111