IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983IN051009
  • User Pedon ID: 1983IN051009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GB8309
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23801
  • 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: 38.3430667
  • Std. Longitude: -87.6115333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 1815 feet south and 250 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN051—Gibson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mcwilliams and Crafton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Princeton
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1983
  • 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: 7/20/1983 (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) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1. Lab sample # GB83091
    BT1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # GB83092
    BT2—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1. Lab sample # GB83093
    BT3—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # GB83094
    BT4—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy fine sand; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # GB83095
    BT5—127 to 150 centimeters (50.0 to 59.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sand; weak very coarse granular structure; very friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # GB83096
    C—150 to 178 centimeters (59.1 to 70.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7. Lab sample # GB83097