IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IN175010
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IN175010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WS8110
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23694
  • 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: 38.7582028
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2048500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet west and 600 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN175—Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robards and Wade
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Princeton
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/1981
  • 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: 8/5/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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 (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WS81101
    BT1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WS81102
    BT2—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WS81103
    BT3—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # WS81104
    BT4—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WS81105
    BT5—127 to 147 centimeters (50.0 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WS81106
    BT6—147 to 152 centimeters (57.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # WS81107
    C1—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # WS81108
    C2—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # WS81109