IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grantfork
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IL119015
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IL119015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79IL119015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21139
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.9902336
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6551951
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 732 feet E & 560 feet N of the SW corner
  • 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: TMG, PY
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grantfork
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Walshville
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinoian till with strongly developed paleosol
  • Landform: drainageway, till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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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    30 - 178

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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—13

    13—178

    30—178

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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

    7.5

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    181

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26447
    B1t—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26448. continuous - phpvsfiid 480838; continuous - phpvsfiid 480838
    B21tg—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented limestone, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26449. continuous - phpvsfiid 480831; continuous - phpvsfiid 480831
    B22tg—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 25 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented limestone, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26450. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480832; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480832
    B23tg—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented limestone, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26451. continuous - phpvsfiid 480833; continuous - phpvsfiid 480833
    B24tg—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented limestone, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26452. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480836; continuous - phpvsfiid 480835; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480836; continuous - phpvsfiid 480835
    B25tg—124 to 145 centimeters (48.8 to 57.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented limestone, unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26453. continuous - phpvsfiid 480837; continuous - phpvsfiid 480837
    B31tg—145 to 160 centimeters (57.1 to 63.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 50 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented limestone, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear boundary. Lab sample # IL26454. continuous - phpvsfiid 480834; continuous - phpvsfiid 480834
    B32tg—160 to 178 centimeters (63.0 to 70.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; friable; 25 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium prominent spherical very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented limestone, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480839; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480839