IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL029131
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL029131
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL029131
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21807
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.3895944
  • Std. Longitude: -88.2895917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 260 feet N & 1060 feet W of SE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL029—Coles
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL029—Coles County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39088-D3—Mattoon East, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 131
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over till
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1985 (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); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31535
    Bt1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31536
    Bt2—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31537
    Bt3—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31538
    2Bt4—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loam; 25 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31539
    2BC—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loam; 25 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31540
    2C—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loam; 25 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium mottles; firm; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL31541