IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Sable
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1981IL017059
User Pedon ID:
1981IL017059
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
IL SCL
Lab Pedon # -
81IL017059
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
21331
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:
39.9168667
Std. Longitude:
-90.2166806
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
17N
Range:
10W
Section:
15
PLSS Details:
about 34 feet north and 1,140 feet east of the SW section corner; SW 160 SW 40 SE 10 SE 2.5; MLRA 115C
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-H2—Virginia, 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 #:
59
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:
3/19/2012 (entry creation 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
aquic conditions
mollic epipedon
cambic horizon
0—152
0—46
46—119
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—-
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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
—
—
—
—
1025
—
190
13
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Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 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; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27915
A1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; very firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 1 percent fine faint iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27916
AB—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 1 percent fine faint iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27917
Btg1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 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) organoargillans 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 # IL27918. continuous - phpvsfiid 1147551; continuous - phpvsfiid 1147551
Btg2—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 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; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix 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 # IL27919. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1147552; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1147552
Btg3—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds and distinct 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 prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27920. patchy - phpvsfiid 1147553; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1147554; patchy - phpvsfiid 1147553; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1147554
Btg4—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27921. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1147555; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1147555
Cg—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); variegated 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 40 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL27922