IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wheeling
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953IL127005
  • User Pedon ID: S1953IL127005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2779
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37359
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 37.2902794
  • Std. Longitude: -88.7583313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SE 40, NE 10 along west side of newly graveled road about 300 feet south of 1/4 line fence, in 4 foot road bank with 3 foot road cut.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL127—Massac
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL127—Massac County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.B. Fehrenbacher, R.H. Ruhe, and H.L. Wascher
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheeling
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1953
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    2

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    107

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21944
    A2—18 to 29 centimeters (7.1 to 11.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; hard; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21945
    B1—29 to 37 centimeters (11.4 to 14.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21946
    B21—37 to 51 centimeters (14.6 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam, fine sand; subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21947
    B22—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and black (7.5YR 2/1) silty clay loam, fine sand; subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21948
    B3—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam, sand; subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21949
    C1—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay loam; massive; weakly cemented; fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21950
    C2—114 to 132 centimeters (44.9 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay loam, silty clay loam, fine sand; fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21951
    132 to 203 centimeters (52.0 to 79.9 inches); stratified silt loam to fine sandy loam to silty clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21952. Not sampled.