IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alida
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S05IN089002
  • User Pedon ID: S05IN089002
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - T05089099
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0644
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18423
  • Print Date: 11/12/2025

    • 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: 41.5097766
  • Std. Longitude: -87.2293462
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1160 feet south and 140 feet east of the center
  • Map Unit: Al—Alida loam
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN089—Lake County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AZ-JW-FWS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alida (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alida
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy outwash derived from
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/23/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 10
    • 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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N02662; observed in pit, small
    E—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine faint mottles; moderate thin platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N02663; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 20 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N02664; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N02665; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 20 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 12 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N02666; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 359078; patchy - phpvsfiid 359078
    BC—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) sandy loam; 20 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N02667; observed in pit, small
    2C—112 to 254 centimeters (44.1 to 100.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; neutral, pH 6.7. Lab sample # 06N02668; observed in pit, small