IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sable
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IL017058
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IL017058
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81IL017058
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21330
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • LOCATION

  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: about 222 feet north & 1,040 feet east of the SW section corner
  • Map Unit: 68A—Sable silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL017—Cass
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPI—Springfield, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL017—Cass County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39090-H1—Ashland, Illinois
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DEC, KPB, JKW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 58
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sable
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sable
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/25/2009 (entry creation 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

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    0—38

    0—152

    38—104

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    1025

    190

    13

    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; very firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27908
    AB—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; and 1 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27909
    Btg1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27910. continuous - phpvsfiid 1147544; continuous - phpvsfiid 1147544
    Btg2—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds and distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on all faces of peds and faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct 10Y 5/6 (10Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27911. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1147545; patchy - phpvsfiid 1147546; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1147547; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1147545; patchy - phpvsfiid 1147546; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1147547
    Btg3—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds and faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27912. patchy - phpvsfiid 1147548; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1147549; patchy - phpvsfiid 1147548; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1147549
    Cg1—104 to 119 centimeters (40.9 to 46.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27913. patchy - phpvsfiid 1147550; patchy - phpvsfiid 1147550
    Cg2—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL27914