IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): St. Charles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IL157107
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IL157107
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80IL157107
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21209
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 38.1187822
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8863265
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet S & 400 feet E of NW corner
  • 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-A8—Evansville, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BS, GH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 107
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - St. Charles
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - St. Charles
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over Wisconsinan stratified loamy outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: terrace, ridge
  • Runoff: low
  • 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 - 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—28

    41—122

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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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    122

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5.0 roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27627; observed in push tube
    A2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; firm; 3.0 roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27628; observed in push tube
    B1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27629; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480170; patchy - phpvsfiid 480170
    B21t—41 to 74 centimeters (16.1 to 29.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27630; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480172; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480172
    B22t—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; strong medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27631; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480167; continuous - phpvsfiid 480167
    B23t—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27632; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480171; continuous - phpvsfiid 480171
    B3—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27633; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480169; patchy - phpvsfiid 480169
    IIC1—142 to 155 centimeters (55.9 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) stratified stratified loam to very fine sand; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; 1 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27634; observed in push tube
    IIC2—155 to 168 centimeters (61.0 to 66.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) stratified stratified silt loam to very fine sand; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; 25 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27635; observed in push tube
    IIC3—168 to 191 centimeters (66.1 to 75.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) stratified stratified silt loam to very fine sand; structureless massive; friable; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27636; observed in push tube
    IIC4—191 to 201 centimeters (75.2 to 79.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) stratified stratified silty clay loam to very fine sand; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    IIC5b—201 to 221 centimeters (79.1 to 87.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480174; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480174
    IIC6b—221 to 239 centimeters (87.0 to 94.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) stratified stratified silt loam to very fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480175; patchy - phpvsfiid 480175
    IIC7—239 to 254 centimeters (94.1 to 100.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) stratified stratified silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, lamotte-morgan.; observed in push tube