IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN133075
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN133075
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - PM7675
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22645
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 39.5799417
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9274139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet north and 1800 feet west of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN133—Putnam

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mcelrath and Neyhouse
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 75
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1976
  • 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: 10/3/1976 (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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PM76751
    A12—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PM76752
    B1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PM76753
    B21T—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PM76754
    B22T—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # PM76755
    C—104 to 137 centimeters (40.9 to 53.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # PM76756