IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995IL153002
  • User Pedon ID: S1995IL153002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995IL153002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68182
  • 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: 37.3119431
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1244431
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: NE160
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL153—Pulaski
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL153—Pulaski County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bryan Fitch, USFS; Max Hutchison, TNC; Dana Grantham, NRCS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/30/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/30/1995 (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

    ACER

    CARYA

    Acer

    Carya

    maple

    hybrid hickory

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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

    10

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    122

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    160

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); 50 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00962
    E—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); 90 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00963
    Bt1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00964. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182717; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182717
    Bt2—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00965. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182718; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182718
    Bt3—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and pink (7.5YR 7/4) skeletans; fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00966. patchy - phpvsfiid 182720; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182719; patchy - phpvsfiid 182720; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182719
    Bt4—91 to 124 centimeters (35.8 to 48.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and pink (7.5YR 7/4) skeletans; fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00967. patchy - phpvsfiid 182722; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182721; patchy - phpvsfiid 182722; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182721
    Bt5—124 to 168 centimeters (48.8 to 66.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and pink (7.5YR 7/4) skeletans; fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00968. patchy - phpvsfiid 182724; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182723; patchy - phpvsfiid 182724; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182723
    Bt6—168 to 221 centimeters (66.1 to 87.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic structure; friable; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and pink (7.5YR 7/4) skeletans; fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 96P00969. Increase in very fine sand; patchy - phpvsfiid 182726; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182725; patchy - phpvsfiid 182726; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182725