IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coulterville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974IL163001
  • User Pedon ID: S1974IL163005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2797
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37377
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024
  • 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: 38.3806076
  • Std. Longitude: -89.9853668
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 84 feet south and 118 feet east of the northwest corner of the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4
  • Location Description: About 2 miles south of Smithton.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL163—St. Clair
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL163—St. Clair County, Illinois
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Albaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Coulterville
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/2008
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/4/1974 (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
    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

    1016

    11.1

    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak thick platy parts to weak very fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22078
    A2—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak thick platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22079
    B1t—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint and 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22080. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 184258; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 184258
    B21t—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 21 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22081. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 184259; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 184259
    B22t—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22082. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 184260; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 184260
    B23t—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium prominent and 1 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) medium prominent and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent iron concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22083
    B3—89 to 99 centimeters (35.0 to 39.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22084. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 184262; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 184262
    C1—99 to 112 centimeters (39.0 to 44.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) silt loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22085. Several iron bands.
    C2—112 to 157 centimeters (44.1 to 61.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) silt loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; 75 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, black stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22086. Many iron bands.
    C3—157 to 170 centimeters (61.8 to 66.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) silt loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A22087. Many iron bands; few black (10YR 2/1) concretions.