IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fayette
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IL131001
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IL131001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 77IL131001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20877
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 41.3280556
  • Std. Longitude: -90.9900869
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 864 feet west and 1224 feet north of the center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL131—Mercer
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL131—Mercer County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41090-C8—Eliza, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fayette
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fayette
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    E1

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    BE

    Bw1

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    Bw3

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    0

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    30

    38

    46

    69

    79

    114

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    38

    46

    69

    79

    114

    152

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    University or KSSL Laboratory

    University or KSSL Laboratory

    University or KSSL Laboratory

    University or KSSL Laboratory

    University or KSSL Laboratory

    University or KSSL Laboratory

    University or KSSL Laboratory

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    E1

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    Bw3

    Bw4

    0

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    38

    46

    69

    79

    114

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    E1

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    BE

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bw3

    Bw4

    0

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    30

    38

    46

    69

    79

    114

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    46

    69

    79

    114

    152

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    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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25132
    E1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak thick platy, and weak thin platy structure; friable; very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, clay depletions on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25133
    E2—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak thick platy, and weak thin platy structure; friable; clay depletions on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25134
    BE—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, clay depletions on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25135
    Bw1—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, clay depletions on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25136, IL25137. Horizon split for sampling: IL25136 46 to 58 cm, IL25137 58 to 69 cm.
    Bw2—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25138
    Bw3—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior silty clay loam; firm; very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25139, IL25140. Horizon split for sampling: IL25139 79 to 97 cm, IL25140 97 to 114 cm.
    Bw4—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable; very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # IL25141