IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Littleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IL157010
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IL157010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 77IL157010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20887
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.9839314
  • Std. Longitude: -89.9670789
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet east and 900 feet north of center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL157—Randolph
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL157—Randolph County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37089-H8—Kaskaskia, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MEL, GH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Littleton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Littleton
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1977 (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 grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25198
    A1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25199
    IIA1b—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25200
    B21—66 to 109 centimeters (26.0 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; strong medium prismatic structure; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25202, IL25201. Horizon split for sampling: IL25201 66 to 86 cm, IL25202 86 to 109 cm.
    IIIC—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 5 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium distinct mottles; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # IL25203