IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IN121003
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IN121003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65346
  • Print Date: 5/12/2024

    • 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: 39.9470825
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1423645
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: About 3 mi SSE of Wallace.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN121—Parke
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN121—Parke County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bill Hosteter, Jerry Shively, Shane McBurnett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ragsdale-Like
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1992
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree 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—43

    23—124

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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

    61

    61

    222

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    1092

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    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) crushed and very dark gray (5Y 3/1) exterior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00020
    Btg1—23 to 40 centimeters (9.1 to 15.7 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent distinct black (N 2/0) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00021. continuous - phpvsfiid 174437; continuous - phpvsfiid 174437
    Btg2—40 to 61 centimeters (15.7 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) bouldery silty clay loam, stony silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent gray (5Y 5/1) clay films and 75 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00022. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174439; continuous - phpvsfiid 174438; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174439; continuous - phpvsfiid 174438
    Btg3—61 to 93 centimeters (24.0 to 36.6 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) clay films in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent distinct gray (5Y 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00023. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174441; continuous - phpvsfiid 174440; patchy - phpvsfiid 191355; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174441; continuous - phpvsfiid 174440; patchy - phpvsfiid 191355
    Bt1—93 to 124 centimeters (36.6 to 48.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium faint and 21 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct gray (5Y 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00024. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191357; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191358; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191356; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191357; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191358; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191356
    Bt2—124 to 150 centimeters (48.8 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 21 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00025. patchy - phpvsfiid 191359; patchy - phpvsfiid 191359
    BC—150 to 178 centimeters (59.1 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 21 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct and 21 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; 3 percent by volume mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00026
    2BC1—178 to 196 centimeters (70.1 to 77.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, indurated; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent by volume mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00027
    2BC2—196 to 214 centimeters (77.2 to 84.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent by volume mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 93P00028
    2C—214 centimeters (84.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; firm; 3 percent by volume mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified.