IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sable
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1963IL113001
  • User Pedon ID: 1963IL113001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 63IL113001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20538
  • 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: 40.3222842
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8808351
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 1527 feet S of NW corner
  • Location Description: 1527FT S of NW corner of Sec.33
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL113—McLean
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL113—McLean County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JBF, BWR, JDA, JMP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • 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 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; 6.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19110
    A1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; strong medium granular structure; firm; 6.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19111
    A2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); 10YR 2.5/1 (10YR 2.5/1) and very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19112
    Btg1—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; very dark gray (5Y 3/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds and black (10YR 2/1) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19113
    Btg2—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; very dark gray (5Y 3/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds and black (10YR 2/1) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine distinct masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19114
    Btg3—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); variegated olive gray (5Y 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots; 6.0 fine pores; olive gray (5Y 5/2) and dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19115
    Cg—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; massive; firm; 0.6 roots; gray (5Y 5/1) clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; black (5Y 2/1), moist, worm casts; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # IL19116