IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): St. Charles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IL041004
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IL041004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84IL041004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22238
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 39.6956806
  • Std. Longitude: -88.0396028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 1600 meters N & 1200 meters W of the SE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL041—Douglas
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL041—Douglas County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39088-F1—Oakland, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RGD, SCM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - St. Charles
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - St. Charles
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over outwash over till
  • Drainage Class: moderately 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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    A—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # IL30881
    E—16 to 25 centimeters (6.3 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear boundary. Lab sample # IL30882
    BE—25 to 49 centimeters (9.8 to 19.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent manganese coatings; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear boundary. Lab sample # IL30883
    Bt1—49 to 76 centimeters (19.3 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent manganese coatings; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # IL30884
    Bt2—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) fine distinct and 10 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear boundary. Lab sample # IL30885. continuous - phpvsfiid 479080; continuous - phpvsfiid 479080
    2Bt3—109 to 141 centimeters (42.9 to 55.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 10 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # IL30886. continuous - phpvsfiid 479083; continuous - phpvsfiid 479083
    2Bt4—141 to 165 centimeters (55.5 to 65.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 10 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # IL30887
    3CB—165 to 180 centimeters (65.0 to 70.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent gray (5Y 6/1) medium prominent and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # IL30888