IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sable
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1967IL163002
  • User Pedon ID: 1967IL163002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 67IL163002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20637
  • 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: 38.5018404
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8102884
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 112 feet west of drop box and 24 feet north of edge of ditch bank in corn field
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL163—St. Clair
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL163—St. Clair County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38089-E7—Lebanon, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DLW, JDA, BWR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sable
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sable
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1967
  • 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: 11/1/1967 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    131

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    940

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); 10YR 2.5/1 (10YR 2.5/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 6.0 roots; 25 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20836
    A—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); 10YR 2.5/1 (10YR 2.5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse granular structure; friable; 6.0 roots; 25 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20837
    Btg1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 10YR 2.5/1 (10YR 2.5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; black (10YR 2/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20838
    Btg2—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silty clay loam; strong fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; black (10YR 2/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent coarse distinct olive (5Y 5/3) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20839
    Btg3—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); variegated dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and olive (5Y 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20840
    Btg4—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots; dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20841
    Btg5—114 to 132 centimeters (44.9 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 roots; dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent medium distinct light olive (10Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20842
    Cg1—132 to 173 centimeters (52.0 to 68.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silt loam; massive; friable; 0.6 roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) manganese masses; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL20843
    Cg2—173 to 201 centimeters (68.1 to 79.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # IL20844
    Cg3—201 to 229 centimeters (79.1 to 90.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; massive; friable; 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # IL20845