IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atlas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IL145055
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IL145055
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81IL145055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21379
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.2135477
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4133032
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet west and 514 feet south of northeast corner NE1/4
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL145—Perry
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL145—Perry County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DRG, SJI, NES
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Chromic Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 55
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atlas
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atlas
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over Illinoian till with strongly developed Sangamon age paleosol
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1981 (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—13

    13—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

    17

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    149

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    112

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28475
    B21t—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume angular strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28476. patchy - phpvsfiid 460650; patchy - phpvsfiid 460650
    B22t—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28477. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460651; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460651
    IIB23tg—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28478. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460652; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460652
    IIB24tg—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28479. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460653; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460653
    IIB25tg—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28480. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460654; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460654
    IIB26tg—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; faint gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL28481. patchy - phpvsfiid 460655; patchy - phpvsfiid 460655