IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Piasa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IL157019
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IL157019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 77IL157019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20894
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 38.0550138
  • Std. Longitude: -89.7246241
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 1520 feet south and 500 feet west of northeast corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL157—Randolph
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL157—Randolph County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38089-A6—Steeleville, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GH, MEL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Mollic Natraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Piasa
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zipp
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1977 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25244
    A3—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25245
    B21t—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25246. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 465290; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 465290
    B22t—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25247. patchy - phpvsfiid 465291; patchy - phpvsfiid 465291
    B23t—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25248. patchy - phpvsfiid 465292; patchy - phpvsfiid 465292
    B3t—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25249. patchy - phpvsfiid 465293; patchy - phpvsfiid 465293
    C1—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; very firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # IL25250