IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Beaucoup
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1981IL017062
User Pedon ID:
1981IL017062
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
83P0242
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
52484
Print Date:
12/11/2024
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:
39.8785800
Std. Longitude:
-90.4809770
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
17N
Range:
12W
Section:
32
PLSS Details:
890 feet N and 1405 feet E of the SW corner
Map Unit:
3070L—Beaucoup silty clay loam, cool mesic, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, long duration
Country:
US—United States
State:
Illinois
County:
IL017—Cass
MLRA:
115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
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-H4—Arenzville West, Illinois
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
62
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Beaucoup
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
6/15/2007
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
aquic
Moisture Subclass -
aquic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Beaucoup
Classificaton Date -
6/1/1981
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
yes
SITE
Parent Material:
silty alluvium
Landscape:
alluvial plain
Landform:
flood plain
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Class:
poorly
Flooding:
frequent flooding for long periods
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
cambic horizon
0—46
56—127
—46—
—71—
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
0
—
—
135
—
360
1000
—
190
13
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01111. few fine roots
A1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few fine roots
A2—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01112. few fine roots
BA—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few fine roots; common fine distinct 10YR54 mottles
Bg1—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 55 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; many fine and medium distinct 2.5Y54 mottles
Bg2—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and coarse distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01113. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; many medium and coarse distinct 10YR56 mottles
BCg—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; many medium and coarse distinct 10YR56 mottles
Cg—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior loam; 11 percent gray (5Y 6/1) medium distinct and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P01114. few fine roots; many medium and coarse distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 5Y61 mottles