IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ebbert
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969IL023001
  • User Pedon ID: 1969IL023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69IL023001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20678
  • Print Date: 9/22/2025

    • 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: 39.2547975
  • Std. Longitude: -88.0039808
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2625 feet north and 1720 feet east of southwest corner
  • Location Description: 15 feet south and 400 feet east of northwest corner of northeast 40, southwest 160
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL023—Clark
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL023—Clark County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39088-C1—Union Center, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LRF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Argiaquic Argialbolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ebbert
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ebbert
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1969
  • 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: 11/1/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak, and massive; fragments. Lab sample # IL21304
    A2—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # IL21305
    B1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 50 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # IL21306
    B21—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; 50 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # IL21308, IL21307, IL21309. Horizon split for sampling: IL21307 48 to 58 cm, IL21308 58 to 69 cm, IL21309 69 to 76 cm.
    B22—76 to 117 centimeters (29.9 to 46.1 inches); variegated gray (10YR 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # IL21311, IL21312, IL21310, IL21313. Horizon split for sampling: IL21310 76 to 86 cm, IL21311 86 to 97 cm, IL21312 97 to 107 cm, IL21313 107 to 117 cm.
    B3—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); variegated gray (10YR 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # IL21314, IL21315. Horizon split for sampling: IL21314 117 to 124 cm, IL21315 124 to 132 cm.
    IIAb—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; massive, and weak very coarse angular blocky; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments. Lab sample # IL21317, IL21316, IL21318. Horizon split for sampling: IL21316 132 to 137 cm, IL21317 137 to 147 cm, IL21318 147 to 157 cm.
    IIB21b—157 to 234 centimeters (61.8 to 92.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; massive, and weak very coarse angular blocky; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 50 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # IL21320, IL21321, IL21322, IL21323, IL21324, IL21319, IL21325. Horizon split for sampling: IL21319 157 to 168 cm, IL21320 168 to 178 cm, IL21321 178 to 188 cm, IL21322 188 to 198 cm, IL21323 198 to 208 cm, IL21324 208 to 221 cm, IL21325 221 to 234 cm.
    IIB22b—234 to 256 centimeters (92.1 to 100.8 inches); variegated dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; 1 percent mottles; massive; fragments. Lab sample # IL21327, IL21328, IL21326. Horizon split for sampling: IL21326 234 to 246 cm, IL21327 246 to 257 cm, IL21328 257 to 267 cm.
    IIB23b—256 to 267 centimeters (100.8 to 105.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; weak angular blocky structure; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. continuous - phpvsfiid 464381; continuous - phpvsfiid 464381
    IIIB31b—267 to 290 centimeters (105.1 to 114.2 inches); variegated brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; massive, and weak medium angular blocky; 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments. Lab sample # IL21329, IL21330. Horizon split for sampling: IL21329 267 to 279 cm, IL21330 279 to 290 cm.
    IIIB32b—290 to 335 centimeters (114.2 to 131.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) clay loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; massive; fragments. Lab sample # IL21332, IL21335, IL21336, IL21331, IL21333. Horizon split for sampling: IL21331 290 to 305 cm, IL21332 305 to 320 cm, IL21333 320 to 335 cm, IL21335 345 to 356 cm, IL21336 325 to 335 cm.
    IIIB33b—335 to 355 centimeters (131.9 to 139.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; olive (5Y 4/3) mottles; massive; fragments. Lab sample # IL21334, IL21337. Horizon split for sampling: IL21334 335 to 345 cm, IL21337 335 to 345 cm.
    IIIC1—345 to 356 centimeters (135.8 to 140.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # IL21338
    IIIC2—363 to 378 centimeters (142.9 to 148.8 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL21339
    IIIC3—378 to 381 centimeters (148.8 to 150.0 inches); yellow (10YR 7/8); carbonate masses; fragments.