IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ursa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IL157058
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IL157058
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79IL157058
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21159
  • 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: 37.9238853
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6657609
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet S & 1000 feet E of NW1/4
  • 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: 37089-H6—Welge, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RWS, DJF, CCM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Chromic Vertic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 58
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ursa
  • PSC - 5 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ursa
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinoian till with strongly developed Sangamon age paleosol
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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—5

    5—130

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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

    18

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    152.4

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26722; observed in push tube
    B21t—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26723; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480322; patchy - phpvsfiid 480322
    B22t—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 25 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26724; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480320; continuous - phpvsfiid 480320
    B23t—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26725; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480319; continuous - phpvsfiid 480319
    B24t—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26726; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480321; continuous - phpvsfiid 480321
    B25t—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; strong coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, and brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, and brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on top faces of peds; 25 percent prominent iron-manganese concretions on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26727; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480323; patchy - phpvsfiid 480324; continuous - phpvsfiid 480323; patchy - phpvsfiid 480324
    B26t—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, and brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, and brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on top faces of peds; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26728; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480327; patchy - phpvsfiid 480328; continuous - phpvsfiid 480327; patchy - phpvsfiid 480328
    B3—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, and brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, and brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on top faces of peds; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26729; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480325; patchy - phpvsfiid 480326; continuous - phpvsfiid 480325; patchy - phpvsfiid 480326
    C1—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse platy parts to structureless massive; friable; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan.; observed in push tube