IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bloomfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991IN119020
  • User Pedon ID: 91IN119020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0743
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63782
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 39.1877785
  • Std. Longitude: -86.8411102
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet E and 50 feet S of center
  • Location Description: Indiana
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN119—Owen
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul McCarter Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Psammentic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • PSC - 41 to 152 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: dune
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    41—152

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    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

    9

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    175

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    90

    112

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04169; moist when described;. many very fine and fine roots throughout
    E—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04170; moist when described;. many very fine and fine roots throughout
    E/Bt1—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 37 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; 40 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent); neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04172; moist when described;. the by portion consists of bands that are 1/4 to 1/2" thick with total thickness of 6"; common clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine and fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226943; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226943
    E/Bt1—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; 60 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent); neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04171; moist when described;. common very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bt2—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 37 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04173; moist when described;. common clay bridging surface features between sand grains
    Bt3—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 37 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04174; moist when described;. common clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234162; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234162
    Bt4/E—119 to 178 centimeters (46.9 to 70.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 37 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; 65 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent); neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04175; moist when described;. the Bt portion consists of bands that are 1 to 2" thick with total thickness of 16"; common clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234164; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234164
    Bt4/E—119 to 178 centimeters (46.9 to 70.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; 35 percent percent of pedon occupied by this horizon (volume percent); neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P04176; moist when described;
    C—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P04177; moist when described;. 15% of horizon is thin Strata of sandy loam and silt