IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Piasa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL005009
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL005009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL005009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20956
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 19
  • Location Description: From center of Highway127, W 551Ft & 40FT S
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL005—Bond
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL005—Bond County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DP, SD
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Mollic Natraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Piasa
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Piasa
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over Illinoian till with strongly developed paleosol
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1978 (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 -
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    natric

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    49 - 163

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    natric horizon

    0—28

    28—104

    49—163

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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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25341
    A2—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); variegated grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate coarse platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear broken boundary.
    B21tg—28 to 49 centimeters (11.0 to 19.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 50 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25342. continuous - phpvsfiid 480001; continuous - phpvsfiid 480001
    B22tg—49 to 74 centimeters (19.3 to 29.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 50 percent distinct 2.5Y 4/ (2.5Y 4/), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25343, IL25344. Horizon split for sampling: IL25343 48 to 53 cm, IL25344 64 to 71 cm.; continuous - phpvsfiid 480002; continuous - phpvsfiid 480002
    B23tg—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak very coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; faint dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent prominent carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25346, IL25345. Horizon split for sampling: IL25345 79 to 86 cm, IL25346 97 to 104 cm.; continuous - phpvsfiid 480003; continuous - phpvsfiid 480003
    B31g—104 to 137 centimeters (40.9 to 53.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; diffuse smooth boundary.
    B32g—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary.
    IIA1—163 to 178 centimeters (64.2 to 70.1 inches); variegated dark gray (10YR 4/1) and light gray (10YR 7/1) silt loam; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) medium mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary.