IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL149035
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL149035
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL149035
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21898
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 39.7993333
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8253861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 2010 feet W & 780 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-G7—Perry West, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: PAC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Aquic Udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 35
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Orion
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orion
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1985
  • 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: 7/1/1985 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); variegated dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; 1 percent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32213
    C1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32214
    C2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); variegated dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32215
    A1b—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32216
    A2b—76 to 124 centimeters (29.9 to 48.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32217
    Cb—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # IL32218