IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982IL011016
  • User Pedon ID: S1982IL011016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82IL011016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21389
  • 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: 41.5213694
  • Std. Longitude: -89.7497833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 792 feet east and 1056 feet north of center
  • Location Description: Fairfield Township
  • Map Unit: 88D2—Sparta loamy sand, Illinois till plain, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL011—Bureau
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPI—Springfield, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL011—Bureau County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41089-E6—New Bedford, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David B. Rahe
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1981
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: wind-modified sandy outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: dune
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Bruce R. Putman & William A. Ebert
  • Air Photo ID: AS 23
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—25

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    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

    10

    —

    —

    211.9

    —

    90

    940

    —

    168

    10.6

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28554
    Bw1—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28555. continuous - phpvsfiid 1480476; continuous - phpvsfiid 1480476
    Bw2—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; 0.6 fine roots between peds; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28556. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1480477; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1480477
    C—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL28557