IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blair
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL121062
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL121062
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL121062
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21851
  • 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: 38.6805944
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9502194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1895 feet S & 205 feet W of the center
  • Location Description: Tonti 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-F8—Salem North, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TJE
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 62
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blair
  • PSC - 61 to 111 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blair
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1985 (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); variegated very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 50 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31904
    Bt—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct white (10YR 8/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on surfaces along pores; 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL31905
    Btg1—25 to 61 centimeters (9.8 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam, gravel; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31906
    Btg2—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam, gravel; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31907
    Btg3—89 to 132 centimeters (35.0 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam, gravel; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent and 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31908
    Btg4—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam, gravel; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # IL31909