IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gosport
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL121004
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL121004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL121004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21830
  • 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: 38.4821028
  • Std. Longitude: -88.7677167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 2350 feet N & 1690 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Romine Township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL121—Marion
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL121—Marion County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38088-D7—Harmony, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TJE, CCM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: fine, illitic, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gosport
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gosport
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: shale residuum
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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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    11

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); variegated dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 0.6 medium roots; 50 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31715
    Bt1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL31716
    Bt2—23 to 74 centimeters (9.1 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 25 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31717, IL31718. Horizon split for sampling: IL31717 23 to 41 cm, IL31718 41 to 74 cm.
    BC—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL31719
    Cr—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium platy, and weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 10 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # IL31720