IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956IL059001
  • User Pedon ID: S1956IL059001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956IL059001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0182
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32711
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 37.9030571
  • Std. Longitude: -88.1922226
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 497 feet north of 1/2 section line, east side of road, NE 160, SE 40, SW 10
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL059—Gallatin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL059—Gallatin County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.T. Odell, J.K. Ableiter, A. Beavers, G.O. Walker, and O.C. Rogers
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/1956
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    POA

    Poa

    bluegrass

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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
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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01347
    A2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fine worm casts; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01348
    B1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01349
    B21—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam, silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, coats and 10 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01350
    B22—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 75 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01351
    B31—81 to 119 centimeters (31.9 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, coats on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01352
    B32—119 to 157 centimeters (46.9 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; massive parts to weak very coarse subangular blocky; friable; faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01353
    C1—157 to 191 centimeters (61.8 to 75.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; massive; friable; faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01354
    191 to 262 centimeters (75.2 to 103.1 inches); fragments. Horizon not sampled.
    C2—262 to 302 centimeters (103.1 to 118.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A01147