IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974IN181009
  • User Pedon ID: 1974IN181009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WH7409
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22442
  • 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: 40.7477222
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7377083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet west and 1575 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 #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: 9/20/1974 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WH74091
    A2—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74092
    B21T—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74093
    B22T—61 to 102 centimeters (24.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74094
    B23—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74095
    C1—130 to 145 centimeters (51.2 to 57.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH74096
    C2—145 to 170 centimeters (57.1 to 66.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy fine sand; massive; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # WH74097