IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: gravelly substratum
  • User Site ID: S1981IN085008
  • User Pedon ID: S1981IN085008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KO8108
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23762
  • 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: 41.4182694
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8926333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34W
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 1850 feet west and 770 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: GejA—Gilford sandy loam, till plain, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN085—Kosciusko
  • 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: IN085—Kosciusko County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41085-D8—Nappanee East, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Staley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 8
  • 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 - 10/30/1981
  • Classifier - Staley
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/30/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Staley
  • 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

    reduced matrix

    redox concentrations

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    free carbonates

    0—30

    30—165

    30—140

    46—89

    89—

    89—112

    140—165

    —30—

    —135—

    —110—

    —43—

    —-

    —23—

    —25—
    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

    —

    —

    250.6

    —

    939

    —

    —

    9.7

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KO81081
    A—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO81082
    Bg1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO81083
    Bg2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO81084
    Bg3—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KO81085
    BCg—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loamy sand; single grain; very friable; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # KO81086
    2Cg1—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # KO81087
    2Cg2—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; faint ; 7 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # KO81088