IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sable
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IL137003
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IL137003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80IL137003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21198
  • 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: 39.6423470
  • Std. Longitude: -90.0824598
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1185 feet W & 1960 feet N from SE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL137—Morgan
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL137—Morgan County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39090-F1—Alexander, Illinois
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sable
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Virden
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—53

    53—152

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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

    212

    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27395
    A1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 fine roots between peds; 1 percent fine faint spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27396
    AB—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 fine roots between peds; 1 percent fine faint spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27397, IL27398. Horizon split for sampling: IL27397 36 to 43 cm, IL27398 43 to 53 cm.
    Btg1—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent fine distinct spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27399, IL27400. Horizon split for sampling: IL27399 53 to 64 cm, IL27400 64 to 74 cm.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1147531; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1147531
    Bt1—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses and 25 percent fine prominent spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27402, IL27401. Horizon split for sampling: IL27401 74 to 81 cm, IL27402 81 to 89 cm.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1147532; continuous - phpvsfiid 1147532
    Bt2—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent spherical yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 25 percent medium distinct iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27403. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1147534; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1147534
    Etg2—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 1147530; patchy - phpvsfiid 1147530
    Btg3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. patchy - phpvsfiid 1147533; patchy - phpvsfiid 1147533