IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991IN089001C
  • User Pedon ID: S1991IN089001C
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1175
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64211
  • 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: 41.2075005
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3469467
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1695 feet E and 1850 feet N of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: Rn—Rensselaer loam, sandy substratum
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN089—Lake
  • 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: IN089—Lake County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41087-B3—Shelby, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bill Hosteter, Tom Ziegler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • 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
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Argiaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/1991
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash derived from mixed-noncalcareous
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Bill Hosteter, Tom Ziegler
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    37—50

    —25—

    —13—
    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

    0

    0

    194.8

    —

    225

    1001

    —

    —

    9.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, black (10YR 2/1), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; few (0.5) very fine and fine roots throughout; 0 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed noncalcareous fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P07814
    BAg—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) sandy loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07815. continuous - phpvsfiid 1398097; continuous - phpvsfiid 1398097
    Btg—38 to 50 centimeters (15.0 to 19.7 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) sandy loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) fine tubular pores; 75 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 91P07816. continuous - phpvsfiid 1398098; continuous - phpvsfiid 1398098