IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Douglas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IL173040
  • User Pedon ID: 84IL173040
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0238
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55954
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 39.4638901
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9852753
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet E and 60 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL173—Shelby
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Bowen, J. Witt, and R. Bosza
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 40
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Douglas
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Douglas
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    36—145

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    201

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    270

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    1Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01184; moist when described;. common very fine roots
    1BA—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 55 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; many organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    1Bt1—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; common organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    1Bt2—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 37 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01185; moist when described;. common organic coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    1Bt3—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    2Bt4—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01186; moist when described;. Greater than 15 % sand.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    2BC—145 to 152 centimeters (57.1 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog.; moist when described;. Not sampled.