IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1928IL133002
  • User Pedon ID: 1928IL133002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 28IL133002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20365
  • Print Date: 5/12/2025

    • 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: 38.4544880
  • Std. Longitude: -90.2173069
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 16
  • Location Description: 324 FT N of junction of old Rt. 3 and present Rt. 3 to E Rd.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL133—Monroe
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL133—Monroe County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JBF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1928
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1928 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13005
    A2—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13006
    B1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine pores; reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13007. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429008; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429008
    B21—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine pores; reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13008. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429013; continuous - phpvsfiid 429012; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429013; continuous - phpvsfiid 429012
    B22—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine pores; reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13009. continuous - phpvsfiid 429009; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429010; continuous - phpvsfiid 429009; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429010
    B31—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13010. continuous - phpvsfiid 429011; continuous - phpvsfiid 429011
    B32—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13011. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429007; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429007
    B33—124 to 140 centimeters (48.8 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429014; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429014
    C—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; very friable; fragments.