IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Niota
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IL131016
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IL131016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84IL131016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21752
  • 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: 41.1358750
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8230528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 50 feet E & 2400 feet N of the SW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL131—Mercer
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL131—Mercer County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41090-B7—Aledo West, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Vertic Albaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Niota
  • PSC - 56 to 106 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Niota
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1984 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31227
    BE—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31228
    2Btg1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31229
    2Btg2—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31230
    3Bg1—81 to 117 centimeters (31.9 to 46.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31231
    3Bg2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # IL31232