IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weir
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956IL077001
  • User Pedon ID: 1956IL077001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 56IL077001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20457
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 37.6991031
  • Std. Longitude: -89.2403555
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 32
  • Location Description: Deep tilage & deep fertilizer plot no.11 on NW replication
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL077—Jackson
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL077—Jackson County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JBF, PRJ, RES
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Endoaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Weir
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weir
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10 percent fine distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17982
    A2—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) silt loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium platy structure; friable; 10 percent medium distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17983
    B21—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; strong medium prismatic structure; very firm; 1 percent fine distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL17984
    B22—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL17985
    B3—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL17986
    C1—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; 25 percent medium prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL17987
    C2—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; 25 percent medium prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL17988