IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN133041
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN133041
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - PM7641
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22644
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 39.5646083
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6633139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet south and 2100 feet east of the northwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN133—Putnam

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stephenson and Neyhouse
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 41
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: dune
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/21/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PM76411
    B21T—15 to 51 centimeters (5.9 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PM76412
    B22T—51 to 94 centimeters (20.1 to 37.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine platy structure; very friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PM76413
    B3T—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PM76414
    C1—114 to 163 centimeters (44.9 to 64.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PM76415
    C2—163 to 173 centimeters (64.2 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt; massive; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # PM76416