IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ALFORD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980IL157123
  • User Pedon ID: S1980IL157123
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0034
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48334
  • Print Date: 1/28/2025

    • 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: 37.9647827
  • Std. Longitude: -89.7931366
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 369 meters W and 94.5 meters N of center
  • Location Description: about 54 meters up hillside, 3 meters on W side logging tr.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL157—Randolph
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL157—Randolph County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Fielding, B. Schoeppel, B. Kreznor, G. Hamilton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 123
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ALFORD
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/2006
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00220
    A2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary.
    B1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt21—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 10 percent thin light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds and 30 percent thin strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00221. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325275; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325276; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325275; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325276
    Bt22—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 10 percent thin very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds and 30 percent thick dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00222. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325277; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325278; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325277; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325278
    Bt23—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 10 percent thin very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds and 30 percent thin brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325279; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325280; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325279; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325280
    B3—97 to 168 centimeters (38.2 to 66.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic structure; deformable; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent thin reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent thin very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # 81P00223. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325281; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325282; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325281; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325282