IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rocher
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL157027
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL157027
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL157027
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21057
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 8W
  • Location Description: 1635FT N & 3350FT E of intersection of slough & SE line
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL157—Randolph
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL157—Randolph County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MEL, GH, TAK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 27
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rocher
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sarpy
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy stratified calcareous alluvium
  • Landform: natural levee, flood plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—23

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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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    115.8

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots between peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26059; observed in push tube
    C1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 3.0 roots between peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26060; observed in push tube
    C2—46 to 91 centimeters (18.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 0.6 roots between peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26061; observed in push tube
    C3—91 to 135 centimeters (35.8 to 53.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 0.6 roots between peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26062; observed in push tube
    C4—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 0.6 roots between peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL26063; observed in push tube