IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IL125004
  • User Pedon ID: S1984IL125004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84IL125004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21741
  • 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: 40.3496250
  • Std. Longitude: -89.9436750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 539 feet W & 316 feet N of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: 88B—Sparta loamy sand, Illinois till plain, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL125—Mason
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPI—Springfield, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL125—Mason County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40089-C8—Topeka, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WKS, WMT, PRK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: wind-modified sandy outwash
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    0—38

    56—71

    —38—

    —15—
    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

    —

    —

    152.4

    —

    360

    1025

    —

    190

    13

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31159
    A—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31160
    AB—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 50 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31161
    Bw1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31162
    Bw2—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31163
    C—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sand; single grain; loose; 0.6 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # IL31164