IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972IL091010
  • User Pedon ID: 1972IL091010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72IL091010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22199
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 41.1431261
  • Std. Longitude: -87.6756096
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4,SE1/4,NW1/4
  • Location Description: east side of excavation in sand dune
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL091—Kankakee
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL091—Kankakee County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41087-B6—Momence, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TSH, BWR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: wind blown sand over rock rubble
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1972 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loamy sand; weak medium granular, and weak coarse granular structure; very friable; 6.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22569
    A12—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy sand; weak medium granular, and weak coarse granular structure; very friable; 6.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22570
    A13—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loamy sand; weak medium granular parts to single grain; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22571
    A21—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL22572
    A22—99 to 132 centimeters (39.0 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # IL22573
    A&B1—132 to 160 centimeters (52.0 to 63.0 inches); variegated 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) stratified stratified sand to loamy sand; single grain, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL22574, IL22575. Horizon split for sampling: IL22574 132 to 160 cm, IL22575 132 to 160 cm.
    A&B2—160 to 206 centimeters (63.0 to 81.1 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) stratified stratified coarse sand to sand; single grain, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22576, IL22577. Horizon split for sampling: IL22576 160 to 206 cm, IL22577 160 to 206 cm.
    A&B3—206 to 257 centimeters (81.1 to 101.2 inches); variegated light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) stratified stratified sand to coarse sand to loamy sand; single grain, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22578, IL22579, IL22580, IL22581, IL22582, IL22583, IL22584, IL22585, IL22586, IL22587. Horizon split for sampling: IL22578 206 to 216 cm, IL22579 206 to 216 cm, IL22580 216 to 226 cm, IL22581 216 to 226 cm, IL22582 226 to 236 cm, IL22583 226 to 236 cm, IL22584 236 to 246 cm, IL22585 236 to 246 cm, IL22586 246 to 257 cm, IL22587 246 to 257 cm.
    B&A1—257 to 330 centimeters (101.2 to 129.9 inches); variegated 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 10 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) stratified stratified loamy sand to sand; weak medium angular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse angular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky, and single grain; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22588, IL22589, IL22590. Horizon split for sampling: IL22588 257 to 282 cm, IL22589 257 to 300 cm, IL22590 315 to 330 cm.
    B21t—330 to 348 centimeters (129.9 to 137.0 inches); variegated dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) stratified stratified loamy sand to sand; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint and 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint and 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine faint and 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium faint and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22591. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 479010; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 479010
    IIB22t—348 to 358 centimeters (137.0 to 140.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sandy loam, gravel, fine sandy loam, gravel; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, and reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 1 percent medium black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22592. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 479009; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 479009
    IIB23t—358 to 368 centimeters (140.9 to 144.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam, gravel, silt, gravel; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, and reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # IL22593. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 479008; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 479008
    IIIC(R)—368 centimeters (144.9 inches); ; limestone, unspecified fragments.