IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IN021030
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IN021030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CL7730
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22643
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 39.3268139
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0714722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet east and 450 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN021—Clay

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mccarter and King
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 30
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • 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: 6/6/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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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    17

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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL77301
    A2—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # CL77302
    B2T—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 35 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # CL77303
    A&B—71 to 132 centimeters (28.0 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 35 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # CL77304
    B&A—132 to 190 centimeters (52.0 to 74.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # CL77305
    C—190 to 216 centimeters (74.8 to 85.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # CL77306