IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN101015
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN101015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MT8015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23559
  • 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: 38.7337750
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7220778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1320 feet north and 410 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN101—Martin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mcelrath
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Princeton
  • Classificaton Date - 11/25/1980
  • 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: 11/25/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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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    35

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT80151
    A2—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy fine sand; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT80152
    B21T—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MT80153
    B22T—43 to 107 centimeters (16.9 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT80154
    B3—107 to 183 centimeters (42.1 to 72.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # MT80155
    C—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # MT80156