IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN055005
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN055005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GN8005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23611
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.9866611
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1171639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 550 feet east and 350 feet north of the center of the
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN055—Greene

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mccarter and Lefforge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/1980
  • 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: 7/21/1980 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GN80051
    B1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80052
    B21T—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80053
    B22T—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80054
    B23T—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80055
    B23T—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80056
    B31—122 to 163 centimeters (48.0 to 64.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # GN80057
    B32—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; weak single grain; loose; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # GN80058