IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tamalco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL119066
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL119066
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL119066
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21040
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024
  • 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: 38.8803267
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6799458
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1140 feet E & 330 feet S of the center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL119—Madison
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL119—Madison County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38089-H6—New Douglas, Illinois
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JCD, DBR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquic Natrudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 66
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tamalco
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tamalco
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over Roxana loess over Illinoian till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1978 (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

    48 - 152

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

    ochric epipedon

    natric horizon

    0—23

    48—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

    5

    177

    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10 percent fine prominent spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25922
    B21t—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25923. continuous - phpvsfiid 480226; continuous - phpvsfiid 480226
    B22t—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 5 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct and 5 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; prominent black (5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese masses on vertical faces of peds and prominent black (5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese masses on surfaces along pores and 1 percent fine prominent spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25924. continuous - phpvsfiid 480229; continuous - phpvsfiid 480229
    B23t—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse distinct and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine prominent spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent coarse prominent irregular carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25925. continuous - phpvsfiid 480227; continuous - phpvsfiid 480228; continuous - phpvsfiid 480227; continuous - phpvsfiid 480228
    B3—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; distinct 7.5YR 2.5/ (7.5YR 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese masses on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent fine prominent spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent coarse prominent irregular carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25926. continuous - phpvsfiid 480224; continuous - phpvsfiid 480224
    C1—99 to 135 centimeters (39.0 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; very coarse prismatic structure; friable; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25927. continuous - phpvsfiid 480225; continuous - phpvsfiid 480225
    IIC2—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; 5 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) medium faint and 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium faint mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; friable; distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # IL25928. continuous - phpvsfiid 480223; continuous - phpvsfiid 480223