IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atterberry
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL149029
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL149029
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL149029
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21894
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.5788000
  • Std. Longitude: -90.9057000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 2640 feet W & 600 feet N of the SE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL149—Pike
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL149—Pike County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39090-E8—Summer Hill, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MES
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udollic Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 29
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atterberry
  • PSC - 61 to 111 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atterberry
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1985 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32183
    E—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine platy, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32184
    BE—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32185
    Bt1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 25 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32186
    Bt2—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32187
    Bt3—89 to 124 centimeters (35.0 to 48.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine distinct and 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32188, IL32189. Horizon split for sampling: IL32188 89 to 124 cm, IL32189 89 to 124 cm.
    C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 25 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along pores and 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # IL32190