IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ross
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IL029002
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IL029002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84IL029002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22230
  • 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: 39.3964194
  • Std. Longitude: -88.1626583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 720 meters N & 300 meters W of the SE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL029—Coles
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL029—Coles County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39088-D2—Charleston South, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RGD, SCM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ross
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ross
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    A1—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear boundary. Lab sample # IL30726
    A2—22 to 34 centimeters (8.7 to 13.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear boundary. Lab sample # IL30727
    AB—34 to 55 centimeters (13.4 to 21.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear boundary. Lab sample # IL30728
    Bw1—55 to 76 centimeters (21.7 to 29.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear boundary. Lab sample # IL30729
    Bw2—76 to 121 centimeters (29.9 to 47.6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; gradual boundary. Lab sample # IL30730. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 478689; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 478689
    BC—121 to 166 centimeters (47.6 to 65.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear boundary. Lab sample # IL30731
    C—166 to 183 centimeters (65.4 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; massive; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # IL30732