IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ross
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IL173057
  • User Pedon ID: 85IL173057
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0205
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58010
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 39.4500008
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6236115
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet N and 1200 feet W from the SE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL173—Shelby
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. Gotsch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 57
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ross
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lawson
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Cumulic Hapludoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1985 (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
    • 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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    1Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01224. few very fine roots
    1A1—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few very fine roots
    1A2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 55 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01225. many coats surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    1A3—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 37 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Occasional pebbles.; common coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR46 mottles
    1C1—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01226. Occasional pebbles; about 10% fine sand.; few coats surface features on faces of peds; common fine distinct 10YR46 mottles
    1C2—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Common distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) stains in pore voids and on cleavage planes; occasional pebbles; about 10% fine sand.; common medium distinct 10YR58 mottles