IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ceresco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL149018
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL149018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL149018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21886
  • Print Date: 4/15/2025

    • 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: 39.7220333
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3232694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 2575 feet E of center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL149—Pike
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL149—Pike County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MES
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ceresco
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ceresco
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1985 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.6 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32129
    A—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) medium faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 fine roots; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32130
    Bw1—36 to 69 centimeters (14.2 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) medium distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 25 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32131, IL32132. Horizon split for sampling: IL32131 36 to 69 cm, IL32132 36 to 69 cm.
    Bw2—69 to 107 centimeters (27.2 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; 1 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) medium faint and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32133, IL32134. Horizon split for sampling: IL32133 69 to 107 cm, IL32134 69 to 107 cm.
    C1—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium faint and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32135
    C2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) stratified stratified fine sand; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # IL32136