IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sable
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL095002
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL095002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL095002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21106
  • 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: 41.0686089
  • Std. Longitude: -90.1681980
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 33
  • Location Description: Mecca Mine
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL095—Knox
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL095—Knox County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41090-A2—Oneida, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JBF, RRS, IJJ, KM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sable
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sable
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over Roxana loess over calcareous Illinoian till with paleosol
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Bedrock: strongly coherent sandstone and shale at 632cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—43

    43—140

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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

    2

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    243

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23400
    A—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent fine faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23401
    Btg1—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films; 1 percent very fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23402
    Btg2—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23403. patchy - phpvsfiid 1144619; patchy - phpvsfiid 1144619
    BCg1—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23404
    BCg2—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23405
    Cg1—140 to 274 centimeters (55.1 to 107.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; friable; prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 1 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23406
    Cg2—274 to 338 centimeters (107.9 to 133.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; massive; friable; 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 25 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23407
    2Cg3—338 to 404 centimeters (133.1 to 159.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23408
    2Cg4—404 to 445 centimeters (159.1 to 175.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine distinct olive (5Y 4/4) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3) iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23409
    3Ab—445 to 483 centimeters (175.2 to 190.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam, gravel; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent medium distinct 5Y 5/8 (5Y 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23410
    3Bwb1—483 to 544 centimeters (190.2 to 214.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) iron depletions and 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent prominent 7.5YR 3/ (7.5YR 3/), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23411
    3Bwb2—544 to 594 centimeters (214.2 to 233.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; 25 percent mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23412
    3C—594 to 632 centimeters (233.9 to 248.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent prominent carbonate concretions in matrix and 25 percent mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # IL23413
    R—632 to 0 centimeters (248.8 to 0.0 inches); bedrock; angular strongly coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments and angular strongly coherent cemented shale, unspecified fragments.