IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atlas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982IL049011
  • User Pedon ID: S1982IL049011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0818
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51605
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 39.1433334
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6880569
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 166 meters N and 26 meters W of center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL049—Effingham
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL049—Effingham County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FLA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic, sloping Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atlas
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blair
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • 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: 8/1/1982 (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

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04208
    Bt1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt2—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine faint and 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint mottles; strong coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary.
    BT3—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04209
    Bt4—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.
    BT5—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 82P04210