IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IN179006
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IN179006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WE8506
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23883
  • Print Date: 5/13/2024
  • 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: 40.6156972
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0705639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 270 feet west and 1400 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN179—Wells
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neely and Lefforge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0

    AP—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WE85061
    A—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85062
    BTG1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent prominent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85063
    BTG2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85064
    BT1—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 0 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85065
    BT2—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 0 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85066
    BT3—124 to 145 centimeters (48.8 to 57.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 0 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85067
    C—145 to 163 centimeters (57.1 to 64.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; massive; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 0 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WE85068