IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982IN051020
  • User Pedon ID: 1982IN051020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GB8220
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23729
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 38.4198528
  • Std. Longitude: -87.5701056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1520 feet east and A740 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN051—Gibson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mcwilliams and Jones
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 20
  • 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 - 2
  • 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 - pastureland, tame
  • 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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82201
    BT1—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82202
    BT2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82203
    BC—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak very coarse 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 # GB82204
    C1—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # GB82205
    C1—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # GB82206
    C1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # GB82207
    C2—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9. Lab sample # GB82208