IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IN111005
  • User Pedon ID: S1986IN111005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - NW8605
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23864
  • 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: 41.0333667
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4057611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1120 feet west and 850 feet south of the center of the
  • Map Unit: Gf—Gilford fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN111—Newton
  • 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: IN111—Newton County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41087-A4—Enos, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Shively and Osterholz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 5
  • 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 - 5/12/1986
  • 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: 5/12/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Shively and Osterholz
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    redox concentrations

    aquic conditions

    reduced matrix

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—38

    38—53

    38—130

    38—152

    53—130

    53—86

    —38—

    —15—

    —92—

    —114—

    —77—

    —33—
    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

    —

    —

    203.8

    —

    874

    —

    —

    10.1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NW86051
    A—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW86052
    BA—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent black (5Y 2.5/1), moist, clay films between sand grains; 3 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW86053
    Bg—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent black (5Y 2.5/1), moist, clay films between sand grains; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW86054
    Cg—86 to 130 centimeters (33.9 to 51.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW86055
    C—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # NW86056