IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BLAIR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980IL157125
  • User Pedon ID: S1980IL157125
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0037
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48337
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.1669426
  • Std. Longitude: -89.7133331
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 84 meters E and 180 meters S of center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL157—Randolph
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL157—Randolph County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Fielding, W. Kreznor, and G. Hamilton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 125
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BLAIR
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/26/2006
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blair
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or till
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (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

    15

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    146

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00232
    Bt21—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent thick dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent thick light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds; 13 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326564; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326565; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326564; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326565
    Bt22—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent thick dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent thick light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds; 13 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326566; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326567; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326566; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326567
    Bt23—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent thick dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; 13 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00233. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326568; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326568
    Bt24—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent thick dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 13 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326570; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326570
    B3—104 to 145 centimeters (40.9 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 75 percent coarse very dark gray (N 3/0), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; 13 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00234
    C—145 to 165 centimeters (57.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; 13 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8.