IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL125053
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL125053
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL125053
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21876
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.4047611
  • Std. Longitude: -89.7169500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 540 feet S & 202 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Manite Township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL125—Mason
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL125—Mason County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40089-D6—South Pekin, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DEC, PRK, WKS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 53
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1985 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32070
    A—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32071
    Bw1—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32072
    Bw2—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32073
    C1—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sand; single grain; loose; 0.6 very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32074
    C2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; 0.6 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # IL32075