IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loring
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93IL151047E
  • User Pedon ID: 93IL151047E
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 93IL151047E
  • User Site Association ID: ECS_1_Ecological Classification System Study_CCA
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0186
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67204
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 37.2036838
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5261548
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: MLRA 134. CCA#37. Dean Cemetery East Forest. Cretaceous Hills-Coastal Plains (222Ca) SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Section 14, T15 S, R6E. MLRA 134. Cretaceous Hills - Coastal Plains - 222Ca. Dana's pedon#S93IL151004-7; Lincoln pedon# 93IL1510047; Pedon# 93IL151047
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL151—Pope
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Don Dagnan, USFS and Dana Grantham, SCS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Loring
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • 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: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • 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: 6/1/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 104
  • 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

    CAGL8

    CORNU

    QUST

    Carya glabra

    Cornus

    Quercus stellata

    pignut hickory

    dogwood

    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

    3

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    145

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    220

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3); weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01240. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87647; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87647
    Oi—3 to 0 centimeters (1.2 to 0.0 inches); friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01239
    E—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4); moderate medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01241. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87648; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87648
    Bt1—18 to 51 centimeters (7.1 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6); weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01242. patchy - phpvsfiid 87649; patchy - phpvsfiid 87649
    Bt2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6); moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01243. patchy - phpvsfiid 87650; patchy - phpvsfiid 87650
    Bt3—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4); 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 10 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/4) skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01244. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87651; patchy - phpvsfiid 87652; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87651; patchy - phpvsfiid 87652
    Bx—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 10 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01245. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87653; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87653