IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Princeton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989IL035009
  • User Pedon ID: 89IL035009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989IL035009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0373
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61477
  • 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: 39.3358345
  • Std. Longitude: -88.1125031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL035—Cumberland
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Princeton
  • PSC - 13 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/11/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alvin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    13—208

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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

    1

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    270

    91

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02009
    Bt1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02010. few clay films surface features on faces of peds
    Bt2—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 55 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02011. many clay films surface features on faces of peds
    Bt3—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 37 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02012. (top) and 89P2013 (bottom); common clay films surface features on faces of peds
    Bt4—86 to 132 centimeters (33.9 to 52.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 37 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02014. (top) and 89P2015 (bottom); common clay films surface features on faces of peds
    E&Bt—132 to 208 centimeters (52.0 to 81.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain, and weak medium subangular blocky; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02016. (top) and 89P2017 (bottom); few dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loamy sand lamellae (Bt) 1/4 to 1/3 inch thick at depths of 54, 58, 69, 75, and 80 inches with less than 3 inches total thickness
    C—208 to 234 centimeters (81.9 to 92.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P02018