IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995IL153001
  • User Pedon ID: S1995IL153001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995IL153001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0105
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68183
  • 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: 37.1169434
  • Std. Longitude: -89.2425003
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: SW160
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL153—Pulaski
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL153—Pulaski County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bryan Fitch, USFS; Max Hutchison, TNC; Dana Grantham, NRCS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 15 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/30/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/30/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FAGUS

    Fagus

    beech

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    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    20

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    120

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    45

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    O—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Partially decomposed leaf litter, twigs, etc
    A—1 to 9 centimeters (0.4 to 3.5 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 20 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00970
    E—9 to 19 centimeters (3.5 to 7.5 inches); 80 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 20 percent brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00971
    Bt1—19 to 34 centimeters (7.5 to 13.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fine spherical noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00972. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182727; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182727
    Bt2—34 to 59 centimeters (13.4 to 23.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) skeletans; fine spherical noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00973. patchy - phpvsfiid 182729; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182728; patchy - phpvsfiid 182729; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182728
    Bt3—59 to 90 centimeters (23.2 to 35.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) skeletans; fine spherical noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00974. patchy - phpvsfiid 182731; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182730; patchy - phpvsfiid 182731; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182730
    Bt4—90 to 108 centimeters (35.4 to 42.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and pink (7.5YR 7/4) skeletans; fine spherical noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00975. patchy - phpvsfiid 182733; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182732; patchy - phpvsfiid 182733; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182732
    Bt5—108 to 133 centimeters (42.5 to 52.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans; fine spherical noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00976. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182734; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182734
    C—133 to 204 centimeters (52.4 to 80.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 96P00977