IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996IL181002
  • User Pedon ID: S1996IL181002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1996IL181002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0338
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68416
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • 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: 37.3768349
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1195831
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4 NE1/4
  • Location Description: in a 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: ECW, DRW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: karstland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/2/1996 (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

    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

    8

    180

    Ap—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P02613
    AE—12 to 17 centimeters (4.7 to 6.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine platy structure; friable; 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 # 96P02614
    Bt1—17 to 28 centimeters (6.7 to 11.0 inches); 75 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P02615. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183029; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183029
    Bt2—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) oxide coats on faces of peds and 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; 3 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses in cracks; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P02616. continuous - phpvsfiid 183030; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183031; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183032; continuous - phpvsfiid 183030; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183031; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183032
    Bt3—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses in cracks; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P02617. continuous - phpvsfiid 183033; patchy - phpvsfiid 183034; continuous - phpvsfiid 183033; patchy - phpvsfiid 183034
    Bt4—89 to 116 centimeters (35.0 to 45.7 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P02618. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194921; continuous - phpvsfiid 183035; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194921; continuous - phpvsfiid 183035
    Bt5—116 to 141 centimeters (45.7 to 55.5 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P02619. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194923; continuous - phpvsfiid 194922; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194923; continuous - phpvsfiid 194922
    Bt6—141 to 165 centimeters (55.5 to 65.0 inches); 65 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 96P02620. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194925; continuous - phpvsfiid 194924; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194925; continuous - phpvsfiid 194924