IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956IL003001
  • User Pedon ID: 1956IL003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 56IL003001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20449
  • Print Date: 5/11/2025

    • 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: 37.5838188
  • Std. Longitude: -89.3436837
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: Near NW corner
  • Location Description: Near NW corner of Sec.9, in W roadside sod, 40 rods S of house
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL003—Alexander
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL003—Alexander County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AHB, JBF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1956
  • 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: 9/1/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17973
    A2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt; moderate medium platy structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17974
    B1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17975
    B21—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17976
    B22—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17977
    B31—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17978
    B32—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17979
    C11—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # IL17980
    C12—165 to 191 centimeters (65.0 to 75.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) coarse prominent mottles; massive; friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # IL17981