IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bedford

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 1978IN093007

User Pedon ID: 2015IN093003

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - Purdue

Lab Pedon # - LW7807

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23337

Print Date: 6/2/2024

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: 38.9325972

Std. Longitude: -86.5598972

Datum: WGS84

Township: 6N

Range: 1W

Section: 30

PLSS Details: 1700 feet west and 200 feet south of the northeast CORNER

State: Indiana

County: IN093—Lawrence

PEDON

Describers Name: Kempf and Noble

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon #: 7

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Bedford

PSC - 33 to 83 cm.

Classificaton Date - 7/14/2015

Classifier - Steve Neyhouse

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Bedford

Classificaton Date - 9/12/1978

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landform: loess hill

Drainage Class: moderately well

Geology: Wisconsin formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/12/1978 (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 -

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
fragipan	noncoherent	53 - 99	- 46 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon fragipan redox depletions with chroma 2 or less lithologic discontinuity	0—18 18—99 53—99 53—99 99—203	—18— —81— —46— —46— —104—

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
4	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; many (7.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # LW78071; moist when described;

Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many (7.0) fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LW78072; moist when described;

Bt2—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LW78073; moist when described;

Btx1—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 7 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 7 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LW78074; moist when described;

Btx2—69 to 99 centimeters (27.2 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 7 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LW78075; moist when described;

2BC—99 to 203 centimeters (39.0 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; 10 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent irregular mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent distinct red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 8 percent by volume , 10 percent by weight nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # LW78076; moist when described;