IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982IN051019
  • User Pedon ID: 1982IN051019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GB8219
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23728
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 10W
  • PLSS Details: 330 feet east and 120 feet south of the northwest corner of Section 126
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN051—Gibson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mcwilliams and Jones
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 11/18/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/18/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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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    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82191
    BT1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82192
    BT2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; friable; 15 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, silt coats and 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82193
    BT2—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; friable; 15 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, silt coats and 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82194
    BT3—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82195
    BT3—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82196
    BT4—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82197
    C—147 to 203 centimeters (57.9 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # GB82198