IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sable
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982IL137007
  • User Pedon ID: 1982IL137007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82IL137007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21417
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 39.7660368
  • Std. Longitude: -90.4095206
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 610 feet south and 140 feet west of northeast corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL137—Morgan
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL137—Morgan County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sable
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Virden
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess and/or Illinoian till
  • Landscape: upland, till plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1981 (actual site observation 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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—43

    43—102

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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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    189

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; ; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29178
    A—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29179
    AB—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; faint black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29180. patchy - phpvsfiid 1147575; patchy - phpvsfiid 1147575
    Btg1—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29181, IL29182. patchy - phpvsfiid 1147572; patchy - phpvsfiid 1147572
    Btg2—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29183. patchy - phpvsfiid 1147573; patchy - phpvsfiid 1147573
    Btg3—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent fine faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29184. patchy - phpvsfiid 1147574; patchy - phpvsfiid 1147574
    BCg—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary.
    Cg—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 1 percent fine faint masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1.