IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Derinda Tax
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93IL087045E
  • User Pedon ID: 93IL087045E
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 93IL087045E
  • User Site Association ID: ECS_1_Ecological Classification System Study_CCA
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0199
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67217
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 37.4797902
  • Std. Longitude: -88.7386617
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: MLRA 120. CCA# 60. Simpson Barrens. Lesser Shawnee Hills - 222Di. NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 14, T. 12. S., R. 4. E. Dana's pedon# S93IL087004-5; Lincoln pedon# 93IL0870045; Pedon# 93IL087045
  • State: Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Don Dagnan, USFS and Dana Grantham, SCS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Derinda Tax
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 15.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): NASIS Site Name (MLRA06_Morgantown) was transferred over (MLRA12_Amherst) to align with the new USDA-NRCS SPSD Regional Office boundaries. The MLRA12-Amherst NASIS Site will eventually be renamed as the Northeast NASIS Site.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 17
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    HEDI2

    QUST

    Helianthus divaricatus

    Quercus stellata

    woodland sunflower

    post oak

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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

    27

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    168

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    90

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3); moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3 percent fine spherical iron concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01292
    Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3); 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) prominent and 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots throughout; distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01293. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87686; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87686
    Bt2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); 3 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 10 percent distinct olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01294. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87688; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87688
    Bt3—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4); 1 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01295. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87689; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87689
    Cr—69 to 76 centimeters (27.2 to 29.9 inches); fragments.