IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962IL003004
  • User Pedon ID: S1962IL003004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1430
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35038
  • 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: 37.2719460
  • Std. Longitude: -89.3483353
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: NE 160, NW 40, SE 10, 137 steps east of large mulberry tree on ridge top, 66 steps south of gully in draw.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL003—Alexander
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL003—Alexander County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G.O. Walker, J.B. Fehrenbacher, C.C. Miles, and W.D. Parks
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/1962
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/24/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11039
    B1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11040
    B21—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 roots; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and faint light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11041. Clays contain small to moderate amounts of montmorillonite, mica and kaolinite, a small amount of vermiculite and a trace of an interstratified chlorite mineral. The montmorillonite is poorly ordered; the other minerals are rather well ordered.; continuous - phpvsfiid 181059; continuous - phpvsfiid 181059
    B22—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 roots; prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and faint light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats; 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11042. continuous - phpvsfiid 181061; continuous - phpvsfiid 181061
    B23—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and faint light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11043. continuous - phpvsfiid 181063; continuous - phpvsfiid 181063
    B31—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, silt coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11044. continuous - phpvsfiid 181065; continuous - phpvsfiid 181066; continuous - phpvsfiid 181065; continuous - phpvsfiid 181066
    B32—140 to 173 centimeters (55.1 to 68.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; friable; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, silt coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11045. The clays contain a small to moderate amount of montmorillonite and small amounts of chlorite, vermiculite, mica, kaolinite and an interstratified chlorite mineral. The minerals are rather well crystallized.
    B33—173 to 208 centimeters (68.1 to 81.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) coarse faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; friable; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11046
    C—208 to 234 centimeters (81.9 to 92.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) coarse faint mottles; coarse angular blocky parts to massive; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A11047
    351 centimeters (138.2 inches); silt loam; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog.