IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Titus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989IL169044
  • User Pedon ID: 89IL169044
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0755
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61854
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 40.0444450
  • Std. Longitude: -90.4355545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 846 feet E and 1180 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Frederick Township, Schuyler County, Illinois.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL169—Schuyler
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 44
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Titus
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beaucoup
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Fluvaquentic Haplaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04366. few medium roots; common very fine roots
    A—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04367. few medium roots; common very fine roots
    BA—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 55 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04368. many organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common medium faint 10YR44 mottles
    Bg1—43 to 79 centimeters (16.9 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04369. few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; many medium distinct 10YR44 mottles
    Bg2—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04370. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium distinct 10YR44 mottles
    Bg3—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine faint and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 2 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04371. very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine faint 10YR46 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR44 mottles
    BCg—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # 89P04372. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium distinct 10YR44 mottles