IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sciotoville Tax
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93IL087098E
  • User Pedon ID: 93IL087098E
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 93IL087098E
  • User Site Association ID: ECS_1_Ecological Classification System Study_CCA
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0177
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67195
  • 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: 37.3622921
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9186673
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: MLRA 134. CCA# 14. Heron Pond Ridge. Cache River Alluvial Plain -222Chc. NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 30, T. 13. S., R. 3. E. Dana's pedon# S93IL087-009-8; Lincoln pedon# 93IL0870098; Pedon#93IL087098
  • State: Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dana Grantham, SCS and Max Hutchison, TNC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sciotoville Tax
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 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: 8/1/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 14
  • 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

    ACSA3

    QUAL

    Acer saccharum

    Quercus alba

    sugar maple

    white oak

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    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

    —

    —

    105

    —

    245

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3); moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01194
    Oi—5 to 0 centimeters (2.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 95P01193
    E—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); moderate medium platy structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine spherical masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01195
    Bt1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01196. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87668; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87668
    Bt2—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on all faces of peds and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films; 21 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01197. patchy - phpvsfiid 87669; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 88399; patchy - phpvsfiid 87669; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 88399
    Btx1—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films and 75 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 21 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01198. continuous - phpvsfiid 88400; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 88401; continuous - phpvsfiid 88400; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 88401
    Btx2—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01199. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 88402; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 88402
    2Bt—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium and coarse distinct and 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and 3 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) medium and coarse mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01200. continuous - phpvsfiid 88403; patchy - phpvsfiid 88404; continuous - phpvsfiid 88403; patchy - phpvsfiid 88404