IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN171013
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN171013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WN8413
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23730
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 29W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet east and 1400 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN171—Warren

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mccarter and Nagel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/1984
  • 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: 7/16/1984 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WN84131
    BT1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN84132
    BT2—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN84133
    BT3—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN84134
    BT4—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN84135
    BT4—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN84136
    BT5—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN84137
    BT5—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN84138
    BC1—130 to 145 centimeters (51.2 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN84139
    BC2—145 to 168 centimeters (57.1 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WN841310
    C—168 to 203 centimeters (66.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # WN841311