IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN039002
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN039002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0453
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64692
  • 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: 41.5086098
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9186096
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 110 feet N and 1515 feet E of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: ReyA—Rensselaer loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN039—Elkhart
  • MLRA: 111C—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northwestern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN039—Elkhart County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41085-E8—Foraker, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FF, RB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rensselaer
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/15/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy drift over sandy outwash over loamy till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/15/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Franklin Furr, Rex Brock
  • Air Photo ID: 244-9
  • 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

    natric horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—114

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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

    5

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    —

    258

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    934

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    9.7

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02736
    Btg1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 75 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02737. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173355; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173355
    Btg2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy clay loam; 5 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium prominent and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02738. continuous - phpvsfiid 173357; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173356; continuous - phpvsfiid 173357; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173356
    Btg3—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy clay loam; 5 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) prominent and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02739. continuous - phpvsfiid 173359; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173358; continuous - phpvsfiid 173359; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 173358
    2BCt—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; 5 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose; 10 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02740
    2C—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; 5 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02741
    3Cg—135 to 203 centimeters (53.1 to 79.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam; massive; loose; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P02742