IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ross
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IL117016
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IL117016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80IL117016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21241
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025
  • 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: 39.0780740
  • Std. Longitude: -89.7814882
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 280 feet south and 540 feet east of the center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL117—Macoupin
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL117—Macoupin County, Illinois
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LS, SF, DK, SE
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ross
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ross
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: lowland
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1980 (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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—76

    76—127

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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

    1

    A11—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots between peds; prominent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27207
    A12—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27208, IL27209
    A13—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27210, IL27211
    B21—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27212
    B22—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27213. continuous - phpvsfiid 460298; continuous - phpvsfiid 460298
    B3—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27214. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460299; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460299
    C1—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27215, IL27216
    C2—165 to 183 centimeters (65.0 to 72.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # IL27217