IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Karnak Tax
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93IL087106E
  • User Pedon ID: 93IL087106E
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 93IL087106E
  • User Site Association ID: ECS_1_Ecological Classification System Study_CCA
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0208
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67226
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 37.3136818
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9825582
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: MLRA 134. CCA#78. Cypress Creek Channel. Cache River Alluvial Plain- 222Chc. SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 10, T. 14. S., R. 2. E. Dana's pedon# S93IL087010-6; Lincoln pedon# 93IL0870106; Pedon# 93IL087106
  • State: Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dana Grantham, SCS and Max Hutchison, TNC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, montmorillonitic, nonacid Vertic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Karnak Tax
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, montmorillonitic, nonacid Vertic Endoaquepts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1993
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • 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: 7
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - wetlands
  • 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

    CUPRE

    Cupressus

    cypress

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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

    0

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    99

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1); 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium and coarse prominent mottles; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01334. patchy - phpvsfiid 87662; patchy - phpvsfiid 87662
    A2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1); 21 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium and coarse prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01335. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87663; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87663
    2Bwg—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1); 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium and coarse prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 10 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01336. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87664; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87664
    2BCg—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1); 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium and coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 10 percent faint light gray (10YR 7/1) skeletans in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01337. patchy - phpvsfiid 87666; patchy - phpvsfiid 87666
    2C1g—79 to 117 centimeters (31.1 to 46.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1); 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium and coarse prominent mottles; very firm; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 30 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1) iron stains in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent fine irregular masses of dark accumulation; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01338. continuous - phpvsfiid 87667; continuous - phpvsfiid 87667
    3C2g—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1); 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium and coarse prominent mottles; very firm; 3 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses and 3 percent fine irregular masses of dark accumulation; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01339