IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Watseka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL125051
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL125051
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL125051
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21875
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 40.2851111
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8983833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1616 feet S & 1528 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Sherman Township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL125—Mason
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL125—Mason County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40089-C8—Topeka, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: PRK, WMT, WKS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 51
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Watseka
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Watseka
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1985 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32065
    A—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); variegated very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32066
    AB—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32067
    Bw—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32068
    C—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; 25 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose; 0.6 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # IL32069