IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Starks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IL029106
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IL029106
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84IL029106
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21702
  • 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: 39.3803833
  • Std. Longitude: -88.4590583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet W & 2500 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL029—Coles
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL029—Coles County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39088-D4—Mattoon West, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 106
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Starks
  • PSC - 69 to 119 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Starks
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over outwash
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30772
    E—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30773
    BE—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30774
    Bt1—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30775
    2Bt2—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium prominent and 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30776
    2Bt3—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30777
    2BC—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # IL30778