IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL157051
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL157051
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL157051
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21072
  • Print Date: 10/31/2024

    • 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: 38.1573123
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6778282
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 660 feet W & 1320 feet N of center
  • 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-B6—Tilden, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. C. Miles, R. W. Schoeppel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Albaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 51
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marine
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: depression
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1978 (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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    36—89

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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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    155.4

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; granular structure; friable; 5.0 roots between peds; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26174; observed in push tube
    A2—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; 3.0 roots between peds; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26175; observed in push tube
    B21t—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 roots between peds; distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26176; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 481198; continuous - phpvsfiid 481198
    B22t—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 roots between peds; distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26177; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 481196; patchy - phpvsfiid 481196
    B23t—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) and yellow (10YR 7/8) silty clay loam; 10 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 roots between peds; prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; prominent spherical carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26178; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 481195; patchy - phpvsfiid 481195
    B3—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 25 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 roots between peds; faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; prominent carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26179; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 481197; patchy - phpvsfiid 481197
    C1—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) silt loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 25 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter. Lab sample # IL26180; observed in push tube