IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972IN091004
  • User Pedon ID: S1972IN091004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - LP7204
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22341
  • 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: 41.3644944
  • Std. Longitude: -86.8720333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1290 feet north and 105 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: Gf—Gilford fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN091—La Porte
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN091—La Porte County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-C7—English Lake, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Montgomery and Thomas
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/9/2015
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsin outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Shively and Osterholz
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    redox concentrations

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    reduced matrix

    free carbonates

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—56

    25—152

    25—152

    56—97

    56—152

    97—152

    97—114

    —56—

    —127—

    —127—

    —41—

    —96—

    —55—

    —17—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    208.5

    —

    982

    —

    —

    9.8

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    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # LP72041
    A—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 1 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP72042
    Btg1—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderately rapid permeability; 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 13 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP72043
    Btg2—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; moderately rapid permeability; 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 19 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP72044
    2Cg1—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions and 3 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # LP72045
    2Cg2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) fine sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 1 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # LP72046