IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN093011
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN093011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - LW8011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23083
  • 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: 38.8017222
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4340139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1440 feet east and 700 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN093—Lawrence

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Thomas and Kempf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/1980 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # LW80111
    A2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # LW80112
    B1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # LW80113
    B21T—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7. Lab sample # LW80114
    B22T—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # LW80115
    B3—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # LW80116
    C1—130 to 168 centimeters (51.2 to 66.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # LW80117
    C2—168 to 180 centimeters (66.1 to 70.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # LW80118
    C3—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # LW80119