IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IL183127
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IL183127
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84IL183127
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21783
  • 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: 40.3972556
  • Std. Longitude: -87.6188583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet W & 1600 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: East part Grant 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-D5—Ambia, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 127
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31388
    A—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31389
    Bw1—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 25 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL31390
    Bw2—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31391
    C1—86 to 124 centimeters (33.9 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # IL31392
    Bt—124 to 165 centimeters (48.8 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; single grain; very friable; 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # IL31393