IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IL183126
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IL183126
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84IL183126
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21782
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 40.3711750
  • Std. Longitude: -87.6090556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet S & 260 feet W of NE corner
  • Location Description: Ross Township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL183—Vermilion
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL183—Vermilion County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40087-C5—Bismarck, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 126
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ade
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1984 (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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy fine sand; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31381
    BW1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 25 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31382
    BW2—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31383
    BW3—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31384
    Bt/BC—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL31385, IL31386. Horizon split for sampling: IL31385 104 to 124 cm, IL31386 124 to 132 cm.
    C/Bt—132 to 193 centimeters (52.0 to 76.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sand; single grain, and weak medium subangular blocky; very friable; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # IL31387