IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996IL181004
  • User Pedon ID: S1996IL181004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1996IL181004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0340
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68418
  • 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: 37.3763885
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1192245
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 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
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/1996
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: karstland
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/8/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 54
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    7

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate medium and coarse platy parts to weak medium and coarse granular structure; hard; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P02628
    AB—20 to 37 centimeters (7.9 to 14.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P02629
    Bt1—37 to 54 centimeters (14.6 to 21.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P02630
    Bt2—54 to 78 centimeters (21.3 to 30.7 inches); 90 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P02631
    Bt3—78 to 109 centimeters (30.7 to 42.9 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots top of horizon; 3.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, oxide coats throughout; 3 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P02632. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183041; patchy - phpvsfiid 183042; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183041; patchy - phpvsfiid 183042
    2Bt4—109 to 148 centimeters (42.9 to 58.3 inches); 60 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, oxide coats throughout and 10 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, oxide coats throughout; 3 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P02633. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183043; patchy - phpvsfiid 183044; patchy - phpvsfiid 183045; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183043; patchy - phpvsfiid 183044; patchy - phpvsfiid 183045
    2Bt5—148 to 170 centimeters (58.3 to 66.9 inches); 65 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent spherical mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, oxide coats throughout and 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, oxide coats on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, oxide coats throughout; 3 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 96P02634. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183046; patchy - phpvsfiid 183047; patchy - phpvsfiid 183048; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183046; patchy - phpvsfiid 183047; patchy - phpvsfiid 183048