IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sable
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989IL035014
  • User Pedon ID: 1989IL035014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89IL035014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22170
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 39.3010222
  • Std. Longitude: -88.2490083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 220 feet south and 180 feet west of northeast corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL035—Cumberland
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL035—Cumberland County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.J.E.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sable
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Virden
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or Illinoian till
  • Landscape: till plain, lowland
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—25

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    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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34409
    AB—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; 1 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34410
    Btg1—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34411
    Btg2—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds and distinct dark gray (N 4/) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34412
    Btg3—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct dark gray (N 4/) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34413
    Btg4—117 to 130 centimeters (46.1 to 51.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine faint N 5/1 (N 5/1) iron depletions and 10 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34414
    2Cg—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; massive; friable; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium faint light olive gray (5Y 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7. Lab sample # IL34415