IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Starks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981IL115045
  • User Pedon ID: S1981IL115046
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0676
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49520
  • 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: 39.9339218
  • Std. Longitude: -88.7533875
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 138 meters east and 275 meters north of center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL115—Macon
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL115—Macon County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Doll, C. Wacker, and S. Ernst
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 45
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Starks
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/2008
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - STARKS
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 81P04024
    A2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt boundary.
    B21t—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 75 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) skeletans on faces of peds and 75 percent brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear boundary.
    B22t—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 75 percent brown (10YR 5/3) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent gray (10YR 6/1) skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 81P04025. continuous - phpvsfiid 200008; continuous - phpvsfiid 200008
    B23t—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 75 percent brown (10YR 5/3) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium irregular iron concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 200010; continuous - phpvsfiid 200010
    2B31t—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 75 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium irregular iron concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual boundary.
    2B32—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; 21 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) coarse distinct and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 81P04026. Sampled at 112 to 127 cm.