IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IL193052
  • User Pedon ID: 86IL193052
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0419
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60537
  • 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: 38.1069450
  • Std. Longitude: -88.1136093
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 720 feet E and 1400 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: White County, IL
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL193—White
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BJH and CJL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 52
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    1Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02173. common very fine roots
    1BE—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sand; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 2 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 15 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; very few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    1Bt1—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 2 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; very few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    1Bt2—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02174. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    1BC—99 to 140 centimeters (39.0 to 55.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few very fine roots
    1C—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior sand; massive; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P02175