IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974IN181004
  • User Pedon ID: 1974IN181004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WH7404
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22441
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.8683972
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7436833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 2025 feet west and 200 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN181—White

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Langlois and Osterholz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 8/6/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/6/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 2 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WH74041
    A2—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74042
    B21T—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films between sand grains; 30 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74043
    B22T—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films between sand grains; 35 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74044
    B3T—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films between sand grains; 50 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74045
    C—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-39-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # WH74046