IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Piasa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961IL135004
  • User Pedon ID: 1961IL135004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 61IL135004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20512
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 39.1172596
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6505090
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 2238 feet W & 147 feet N of SE corner
  • Location Description: 402FT E & 147FT N of SW corner of SE160 of Sec.21
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL135—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL135—Montgomery County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LPW, RTO, JBF, CED
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Natralbolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Piasa
  • PSC - 40 to 90 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Piasa
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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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    IIC21—427 to 488 centimeters (168.1 to 192.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary.
    IIC22—488 to 672 centimeters (192.1 to 264.6 inches); N 4/1 (N 4/1) clay loam; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary.
    IIC23—672 to 1032 centimeters (264.6 to 406.3 inches); N 4/1 (N 4/1) loam; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL23607
    IIC24—1032 to 1224 centimeters (406.3 to 481.9 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) loam; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL23608
    IIC25—1224 to 1680 centimeters (481.9 to 661.4 inches); N 4/1 (N 4/1) loam; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL23609
    IIC26—1680 to 1956 centimeters (661.4 to 770.1 inches); N 4/1 (N 4/1) loam; olive (5Y 4/3) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) mottles; wood fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL23610
    IIC26b—1956 to 2196 centimeters (770.1 to 864.6 inches); dark greenish gray (5G 4/1) and dark greenish gray (5BG 4/1) clay loam; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary.
    III1—2196 to 2208 centimeters (864.6 to 869.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) ; wood fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    IVB—2208 to 2412 centimeters (869.3 to 949.6 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; dark greenish gray (5BG 4/1) mottles; very plastic; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL23611
    IVC1—2412 to 2496 centimeters (949.6 to 982.7 inches); dark bluish gray (5B 4/1) clay; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL23612
    IVC2—2496 to 2592 centimeters (982.7 to 1020.5 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silty clay loam; shale, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # IL23613