IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grantfork
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL121029
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL121029
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL121029
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21838
  • 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: 38.6034611
  • Std. Longitude: -89.0172583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 578 feet S & 1114 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Salem 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 29
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grantfork
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Walshville
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam, gravel; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 25 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; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31792
    2Bt—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay, gravel; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 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 dark brown (10YR 3/3), 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 # IL31793
    2Btg1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay, gravel; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31794
    2Btg2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay, gravel; 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine faint and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 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 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31795
    2Btg3—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay, gravel; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent gray (7.5YR 6/1) fine prominent and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31796
    3Btgb1—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay, gravel; 10 percent gray (7.5YR 6/1) fine prominent and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31797
    3Btgb2—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay, gravel; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct mottles; strong medium prismatic, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31798
    3Btgb3—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay, gravel; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; strong medium prismatic, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # IL31799