IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954IL075008
  • User Pedon ID: 1954IL075008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1954IL075008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2728
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37308
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 40.8133316
  • Std. Longitude: -87.5866699
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SE 40, SE 10, 20 rods east-northeast of bridge, or about 9 rods south of center of road and 8 rods west of pasture fence.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL075—Iroquois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL075—Iroquois County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H.L. Wascher, J.B. Fehrenbacher, B.W. Ray
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 11/11/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/11/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    POA

    Poa

    bluegrass

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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

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very fine sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21430
    E—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very fine sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; 3.0 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21431
    EB—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very fine sandy loam; weak platy parts to subangular blocky structure; weakly cemented; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21432
    Bt1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); 75 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very fine sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron stains and 50 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21433
    Bt2—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); 75 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron stains and 55 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21434
    Bt3—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) coats and 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron stains and 60 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21435
    Bt4—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; single grain; 50 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A21436
    BC—119 to 135 centimeters (46.9 to 53.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) coarse sandy loam; single grain; 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) iron stains; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21437
    C1—135 to 150 centimeters (53.1 to 59.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy coarse sand; single grain; 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron stains; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21438
    C2—150 to 191 centimeters (59.1 to 75.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; loose; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A21439
    C3—191 to 203 centimeters (75.2 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; loose; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A21440