IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Thebes
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IL079088
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IL079088
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0251
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 38.9946583
  • Std. Longitude: -88.1138000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 105 feet S & 480 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Wade Township.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL079—Jasper
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL079—Jasper County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38088-H1—Sainte Marie, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 88
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Thebes
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thebes
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1984 (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 -
    • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30935
    E—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30936
    Bt1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very coarse roots; 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30937
    Bt2—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30938, IL30939, IL30940. Horizon split for sampling: IL30938 48 to 74 cm, IL30939 48 to 74 cm, IL30940 48 to 74 cm.
    2Bt3—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL30941, IL30942, IL30943. Horizon split for sampling: IL30941 74 to 89 cm, IL30942 74 to 89 cm, IL30943 74 to 89 cm.
    2C—89 to 168 centimeters (35.0 to 66.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; 25 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # IL30944, IL30945. Horizon split for sampling: IL30944 89 to 168 cm, IL30945 89 to 168 cm.