IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IL019045
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IL019045
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 76IL019045
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20809
  • 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: 40.0548389
  • Std. Longitude: -87.9925833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 780 feet east and 165 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL019—Champaign
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL019—Champaign County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40087-A8—Homer, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 45
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • PSC - 51 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1976 (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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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24208
    E—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; very friable; 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silica coats on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24209
    Bt1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24210
    Bt2—51 to 109 centimeters (20.1 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 25 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24211, IL24212. Horizon split for sampling: IL24211 51 to 84 cm, IL24212 84 to 109 cm.
    Bt3—109 to 168 centimeters (42.9 to 66.1 inches); variegated brown (7.5YR 4/3) loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C—168 to 183 centimeters (66.1 to 72.0 inches); variegated brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) stratified stratified sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8.