IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sable
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1948IL129003
  • User Pedon ID: 1948IL129003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2772
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37352
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 39.9816666
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8824997
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NW 40. 190 feet east and 60 feet south of northwest corner of field.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL129—Menard
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL129—Menard County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B.W. Ray, M.M. Mortland, and J.B. Fehrenbacher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sable
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sable
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/1948
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/1948 (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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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; granular structure; moderately sticky; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # 40A21887
    A2—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; granular structure; moderately sticky; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # 40A21888
    A3—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; granular parts to subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # 40A21889
    Bg1—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9. Lab sample # 40A21890
    Bg2—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # 40A21891
    Cg—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; massive; moderately sticky; 21 percent noncoherent cemented iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # 40A21892