IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN071002
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN071002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JN7902
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23081
  • 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: 38.8604556
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0816417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1345 feet south and 1825 feet west of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN071—Jackson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nagel and Mac donald
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/2/1979 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JN79021
    B21T—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN79022
    B22T—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN79023
    A—91 to 175 centimeters (35.8 to 68.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # JN79024
    B—91 to 175 centimeters (35.8 to 68.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; massive; friable; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # JN79025
    C—175 to 0 centimeters (68.9 to 0.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # JN79026