IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loring
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 95IL151002E
  • User Pedon ID: 95IL151002E
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 95IL151002E
  • User Site Association ID: ECS_1_Ecological Classification System Study_CCA
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0102
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68180
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • 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: 37.2122948
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5344884
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: MLRA 134; CCA#68; 222Ca Cretaceous Hills-Coastal Plains; T15S, R6E, sec.15, NE160,SW40. Hodge Barrens.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL151—Pope
  • MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Max Hutchinson, Dana Grantham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, 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 - Loring
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • PSC - 13 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • 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: 5/5/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 17
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • 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

    CORNU

    RHUS

    THUJA

    Cornus

    Rhus

    Thuja

    dogwood

    sumac

    arborvitae

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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

    10

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    128

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    220

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 27 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P947N. Percent clay is a field extimate.; continuous - phpvsfiid 87819; continuous - phpvsfiid 87819
    Bt1—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent fine spherical iron concretions throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P948N. patchy - phpvsfiid 87820; patchy - phpvsfiid 87820
    Bt2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4); 31 percent clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 20 percent fine and medium spherical iron concretions throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P949N. patchy - phpvsfiid 87821; patchy - phpvsfiid 87821
    Bt3—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3); 32 percent clay; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium and coarse faint and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 very fine roots between peds; 20 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent fine and medium spherical iron concretions throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P950N. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87822; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87822
    2Btx1—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); 9 percent sand; 26 percent clay; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and coarse faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate thin platy structure; very firm; 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent fine and medium spherical iron concretions throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P951N. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87823; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87823
    2Btx2—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4); 11 percent sand; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium and coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 5 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), moist, skeletans over cutans in root channels and/or pores and 5 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 2 percent fine spherical iron concretions throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P952N. patchy - phpvsfiid 87824; patchy - phpvsfiid 87825; patchy - phpvsfiid 87824; patchy - phpvsfiid 87825
    3Btx3—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 15 percent sand; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 5 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 20 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron concretions throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 96P953N. patchy - phpvsfiid 87826; patchy - phpvsfiid 87827; patchy - phpvsfiid 87826; patchy - phpvsfiid 87827