IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996IL181001
  • User Pedon ID: S1996IL181001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1996IL181001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0337
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68415
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.3771935
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1195831
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4 NE1/4
  • Location Description: cultivated field.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL181—Union
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL181—Union County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37089-D1—Mount Pleasant, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ECM, DRW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: karstland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 54
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop trees
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CIRSI

    Cirsium

    thistle

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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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    162

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    Ap—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P02604
    AE—14 to 24 centimeters (5.5 to 9.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine and medium high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P02605
    Bt1—24 to 31 centimeters (9.4 to 12.2 inches); 90 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P02606
    Bt2—31 to 42 centimeters (12.2 to 16.5 inches); 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P02607. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183010; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183010
    Bt3—42 to 60 centimeters (16.5 to 23.6 inches); 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P02608. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183011; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183012; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183011; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183012
    Bt4—60 to 80 centimeters (23.6 to 31.5 inches); 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P02609. continuous - phpvsfiid 183013; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183014; continuous - phpvsfiid 183013; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183014
    Bt5—80 to 106 centimeters (31.5 to 41.7 inches); 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P02610. continuous - phpvsfiid 183015; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183016; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183017; continuous - phpvsfiid 183015; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183016; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183017
    Bt6—106 to 127 centimeters (41.7 to 50.0 inches); 65 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P02611. continuous - phpvsfiid 183018; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183019; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183020; continuous - phpvsfiid 183018; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183019; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183020
    Bt7—127 to 160 centimeters (50.0 to 63.0 inches); 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 96P02612. continuous - phpvsfiid 183021; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183022; continuous - phpvsfiid 183021; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183022