IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL121018
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL121018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL121018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21833
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 38.5544389
  • Std. Longitude: -89.0398028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 160 feet N & 455 feet E of the center
  • Location Description: Centralia 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: 38089-E1—Centralia East, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TJE, CCM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Aquic Udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Orion
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orion
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1985 (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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31758
    C1—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam, gravel; 10 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint mottles; weak medium platy, and weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31759
    C2—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam, gravel; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL31760
    Ab1—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam, gravel; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct and 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 1 percent medium iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31761
    Ab2—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); variegated very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam, gravel; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 1 percent medium iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31762
    AC—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); variegated grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam, gravel; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 1 percent medium iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # IL31763