IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL125032
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL125032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL125032
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21863
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 40.1533583
  • Std. Longitude: -89.9670028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 779 feet S & 111 feet E of the center
  • Location Description: Kilbourne Township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL125—Mason
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL125—Mason County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40089-B8—Biggs, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WKS, PRK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 32
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • PSC - 76 to 126 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sand
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31985
    E—13 to 46 centimeters (5.1 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31986
    Bt1—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31987
    Bt2—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31988
    Bt3—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31989
    E+Bt—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # IL31990