IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986IL193010
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IL193010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86IL193010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22025
  • Print Date: 5/8/2025

    • 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: 38.1084306
  • Std. Longitude: -88.0687750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 740 feet south and 2500 feet west of northeast corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL193—White
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL193—White County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CJL EMS WSM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—41

    53—145

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    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

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    96.1

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    225

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots and medium roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33294
    E—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very coarse roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33295
    BE—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33296
    Bt1—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); red (7.5R 4/6) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33297. continuous - phpvsfiid 428801; continuous - phpvsfiid 428801
    Bt2—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33298. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428800; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428800
    Bt3—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay bridges on all faces of peds and distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33299. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428802; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428803; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428802; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428803
    Bt4—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL33300. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428798; patchy - phpvsfiid 428799; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428798; patchy - phpvsfiid 428799
    BC—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; structureless single grain; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL33301