IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993IN123008
  • User Pedon ID: S1993IN123008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0753
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66096
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 38.0561104
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4852753
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet south and 1950 feet west of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN123—Perry
  • MLRA: 120—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN123—Perry County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38086-A4—Alton, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: McWilliams and Wingard
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Princeton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/10/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: low sand ridge
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/10/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 44-26
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—28

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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

    3

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    134

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    100

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05163
    Bt1—28 to 64 centimeters (11.0 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 75 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05164. continuous - phpvsfiid 179576; continuous - phpvsfiid 179576
    Bt2—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 75 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05165. continuous - phpvsfiid 179577; continuous - phpvsfiid 179577
    E&Bt3—79 to 188 centimeters (31.1 to 74.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 75 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05166. continuous - phpvsfiid 179578; continuous - phpvsfiid 179578
    E&Bt3—79 to 188 centimeters (31.1 to 74.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; fragments. Lab sample # 93P05167
    E&Bt4—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; fragments. Lab sample # 93P05168
    E&Bt4—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P05168. patchy - phpvsfiid 179579; patchy - phpvsfiid 179579