IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN071019
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN071019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JN7919
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23082
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 39.0422528
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8355250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 160 feet east and 110 feet north of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN071—Jackson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nagel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • 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: 8/16/1979 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JN79191
    A2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN79192
    B1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN79193
    B21T—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN79194
    B22T—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JN79195
    A+B—89 to 229 centimeters (35.0 to 90.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand; massive; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # JN79196
    A+B—89 to 229 centimeters (35.0 to 90.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; massive; friable; 70 percent , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # JN79197