IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sable
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1963IL039004
  • User Pedon ID: 1963IL039004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 63IL039004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20532
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 40.2770402
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9026608
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 18
  • Location Description: 430FT N of 1/2 mile line
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL039—De Witt
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL039—De Witt County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JBF, BWR, JDA, JMP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sable
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sable
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • 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); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; strong medium granular, and strong fine platy structure; friable; 6.0 roots; ; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19103
    A1—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic, and strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19104
    Btg1—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); variegated black (10YR 2/1) and dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19105
    Btg2—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; black (10YR 2/1), moist, worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19106
    Btg3—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots; dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19107
    Btg4—109 to 145 centimeters (42.9 to 57.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots; dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19108
    Cg—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); variegated olive gray (5Y 5/2) and gray (5Y 5/1) and dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; massive; friable; 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # IL19109