IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN125022
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN125022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - PK7922
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23084
  • 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: 38.4952194
  • Std. Longitude: -87.2945250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 25 feet north and 400 feet east of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN125—Pike

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neyhouse and Kelly
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 22
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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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    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # PK79221
    B21T—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # PK79222
    B22T—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9. Lab sample # PK79223
    B23T—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # PK79224
    B24T—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # PK79225
    B3—107 to 150 centimeters (42.1 to 59.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7. Lab sample # PK79226
    C1—150 to 165 centimeters (59.1 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9. Lab sample # PK79227
    C2—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy fine sand; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # PK79228