IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: noncalcareous subsoil
  • User Site ID: S1977IN149001
  • User Pedon ID: S1977IN149001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - SR7701
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22718
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 41.4036944
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6008833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 120 feet east and 200 feet south of the northwest CORNER
  • Map Unit: Gf—Gilford sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN149—Starke
  • 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: IN149—Starke County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-D5—Hamlet, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barnes and Heltsley
  • 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/10/2015
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • Classificaton Date - 9/7/1977
  • Classifier - Barnes and Heltsley
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsin lacustrine deposits over Wisconsin outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/7/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Barnes and Heltsley
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    redox concentrations

    cambic horizon

    reduced matrix

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—38

    25—99

    38—86

    38—99

    38—99

    86—

    —38—

    —74—

    —48—

    —61—

    —61—

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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

    1

    —

    —

    208.7

    —

    1003

    —

    —

    9.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    —

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # SR77011
    A—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); black (N 2/),, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77012
    Bg1—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77013
    Bg2—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77014
    2Cg—86 to 99 centimeters (33.9 to 39.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77015
    2C1—99 to 119 centimeters (39.0 to 46.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # SR77016
    2C2—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3. Lab sample # SR77017