IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ambraw
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963IL023001
  • User Pedon ID: S1963IL023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0161
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32690
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 39.2230568
  • Std. Longitude: -87.6275024
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 285 feet east of road center at the southwest corner of the NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 90 feet north of small ditch on half-mile line.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL023—Clark
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL023—Clark County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.E. Tyler, G.O. Walker, G. Holhubner, I. Jorgensen
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ambraw
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/1963
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: valley floor
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01187
    A1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; 31 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01188
    B1g—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) rubbed, gray (10YR 6/1) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 3 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine distinct mottles; weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 roots; 10 percent gray (N 5/0) silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01189
    B21g—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 3 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; 3 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01190
    B22g—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01191
    B3g—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 21 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01192
    Cg—114 to 157 centimeters (44.9 to 61.8 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) sandy clay loam, clay loam, silty clay loam; brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct and 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 3 percent iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A01193