IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1999IL071023
  • User Pedon ID: 1999IL071023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - LIMS
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0512
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12017
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL071—Henderson
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPI—Springfield, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL071—Henderson County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Frank E. Heisner & Steven L. Elmer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/2016
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Disco
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1999
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - soybeans
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: wind-modified sandy outwash
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Frank E. Heisner & Steven L. Elmer
  • 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
    • 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 brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; cloddy structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03200
    A1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03201
    A2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03202
    A3—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2); weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03203
    AB—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2); weak fine prismatic parts to weak medium granular, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03204
    Bw1—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3); weak fine subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03205
    Bw2—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4); single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03206
    Bt—122 to 126 centimeters (48.0 to 49.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3); weak medium angular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03207
    E—126 to 135 centimeters (49.6 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3); single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03208
    E''/B''—135 to 140 centimeters (53.1 to 55.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3); massive; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03209
    E''/B''t—140 to 216 centimeters (55.1 to 85.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/3); single grain, and weak fine angular blocky; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03210
    B''t—216 to 222 centimeters (85.0 to 87.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3); weak fine angular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03211
    C—222 to 234 centimeters (87.4 to 92.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3); single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 00P03212