IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Osco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969IL163001
  • User Pedon ID: 1969IL163001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69IL163001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20688
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.6127859
  • Std. Longitude: -89.9782023
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 282 feet east of farm lane which goes north then 216 feet south of road
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL163—St. Clair
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL163—St. Clair County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38089-E8—OFallon, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GOW, LET, ECAR, DLW, DRG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Osco
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Osco
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1969 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL21712
    A1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL21713
    A2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL21714
    Bt1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL21715
    Bt2—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL21716
    Bt3—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL21717
    Bt4—86 to 99 centimeters (33.9 to 39.0 inches); variegated pale brown (10YR 6/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on top faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL21718
    Bt5—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL21719
    1—124 to 145 centimeters (48.8 to 57.1 inches); variegated light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL21720
    21—145 to 160 centimeters (57.1 to 63.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium faint olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # IL21721
    22—160 to 175 centimeters (63.0 to 68.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium faint olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # IL21722
    23—175 to 191 centimeters (68.9 to 75.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium faint olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # IL21723
    24—191 to 206 centimeters (75.2 to 81.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium faint olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # IL21724
    25—206 to 221 centimeters (81.1 to 87.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium faint olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # IL21725
    26—221 to 236 centimeters (87.0 to 92.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium faint olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # IL21726
    27—236 to 251 centimeters (92.9 to 98.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium faint olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # IL21727