IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shiloh
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957IL187001
  • User Pedon ID: 1957IL187001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36163
  • 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: 40.7727036
  • Std. Longitude: -90.6928028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: about 97 feet west & 1,281 feet south of the NE section corner; MLRA 108B
  • Location Description: Located about 3 miles NW of the town of Roseville & about 2.5 miles NW of Negro Creek in a Sable (68) map unit (Typical Pedon & OSD Pedon site)
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL187—Warren
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL187—Warren County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.J. Bushue, R.H. Jordan, and D.E. McCormack, Soil Conservation Service; R.T. Odell, University of Illinois
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shiloh
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sable
  • Classificaton Date - 10/14/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/11/2012 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0.5

    —

    —

    223

    —

    890

    —

    170

    11

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium parts to weak fine and medium granular parts to moderate medium and coarse platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15973
    A1—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and black (2.5Y 2/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed silty clay loam; strong medium granular parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15974
    A2—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15975
    AB—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky parts to angular blocky structure; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent medium distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15976
    Btg1—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15977
    Btg2—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15978
    Cg1—119 to 150 centimeters (46.9 to 59.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) silt loam; massive; friable; 21 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15979
    Cg2—150 to 180 centimeters (59.1 to 70.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) silt loam; massive; friable; 21 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # 40A15980