IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atlas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL121046
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL121046
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL121046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21845
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 38.5020861
  • Std. Longitude: -89.0160361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 715 feet S & 225 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Raccoon 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: DBG, CCM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Chromic Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 46
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atlas
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atlas
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1985
  • 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: 8/1/1985 (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; silty clay loam; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint mottles; strong very fine granular, and weak thick platy structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak thick platy, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary.
    2Btg1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct and 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), 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 and 25 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31845
    2Btg2—41 to 79 centimeters (16.1 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), 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; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31846
    2Btg3—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay, gravel; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent and 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 25 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31847
    2Btg4—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay, gravel; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 25 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31848
    2Btg5—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam, gravel; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 10 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 25 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # IL31849