LOCATION ALIDA IN
Established Series
Rev. AZ-JW-FWS
12/2021
ALIDA SERIES
The Alida series consists of deep, somewhat poorly drained, moderately permeable soils formed in loamy glacial outwash. These soils are on terraces and have slopes ranging from 0 to 2 percent. Mean annual temperature is 50 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation is 33 inches.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Alida loam - on a nearly level slope in a cultivated field. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 8 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) dry; moderate medium granular structure; friable; medium acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (6 to 10 inches thick)
E--8 to 11 inches; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; few fine faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) mottles; moderate thin platy structure; friable; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 6 inches thick)
Bt1--11 to 15 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; many medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; thin grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on faces of some peds; few fine shale fragments; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
Bt2--15 to 21 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; many medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; few fine shale fragments; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt3--21 to 30 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; many medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; l2 percent shale fragments; thin, patchy grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (The combined thickness of the B2t horizon ranges from 10 to 30 inches.)
BC--30 to 44 inches; dark brown (7.5YR 4/2) sandy loam; many medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent black shale fragments; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (10 to 25 inches thick)
2C--44 to 60 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) sand; single grain; loose; common black shale fragments; medium acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Lake County, Indiana; 1,660 feet south and 140 feet east of the center of sec. 4, T. 35 N., R. 7 W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The thickness of the solum ranges from 40 to 60 inches. Coarse fragments consisting of shale and gravel range from 0 to l0 percent in the A horizons and 1 to 20 percent in the remainder of the solum and in the C horizon.
The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 or 2. It is silt loam, loam, or fine sandy loam, and is strongly acid to neutral.
The B2 horizon has hue of 10YR and 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 6. It is sandy clay loam, loam, or clay loam. It is strongly or very strongly acid.
The B3 horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6 and chroma of 1 to 6. It is loam, sandy loam, sandy clay loam, or clay loam and shaly analogues of these textures. It is slightly to very strongly acid.
The 2C horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of l to 4. It is usually stratified. It is sand, sandy loam, or sandy clay loam and shaly analogues of these textures. It is medium acid to neutral. Carbonates are at depths greater than 6 feet.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the
Ashippun,
Glenhall,
Kasson,
Kibbie,
Lineville,
Locke,
Lourdes,
Macomb,
Montmorenci,
Mosel,
Newry, and
Symco in the same family. Ashippun, Locke, Macomb, Montmorenci, Mosel, and Symco soils have sola less than 40 inches thick. Glenhall and Kibbie soils contain less shale in the solum and contain carbonates above 5 feet. Kasson soils have less sand in the top 20 inches of the profile and lack stratification. Lineville soils dominantly have redder hue in the lower part of the solum which consists of till. Lourdes soils have more clay in the lower part of the sola and are not stratified. Newry soils are less acid and formed in loess and till.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Alida soils are on terraces that have a plane or convex surface. The slope gradient is 0 to 2 percent. The soils formed in stratified glacial outwash that contains shale. Mean annual temperature ranges from 48 to 52 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation from 29 to 37 inches.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the the
Door,
Lydick, and
Tracy soils. These are deep well drained soils on slightly higher elevations that formed in similar materials as Alida soils. Door soils have mollic epipedons. Lydick soils lack mottles. Tracy soils have less clay in the B horizon and have lighter colored surface soils.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Somewhat poorly drained; slow runoff; moderate permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are mostly cropped. Principal crops are corn, soybeans, small grain, and hay. Native vegetation is mixed forest and grasses.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northern Indiana and possibly southern Michigan. The series is of moderate extent, more than 10,000 acres.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS
SERIES ESTABLISHED: La Porte County, Indiana, 1934.
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.