IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sawmill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IL131018
  • User Pedon ID: S1984IL131018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84IL131018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21753
  • Print Date: 5/14/2025

    • 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: 41.2707372
  • Std. Longitude: -90.7576190
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1,900 feet E & 50 feet N of the SW section corner
  • Location Description: Located along Camp Creek in a small sawmill (107) map unit (Typical Pedon site)
  • Map Unit: 3107A—Sawmill silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL131—Mercer
  • 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: IL131—Mercer County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41090-C7—Buffalo Prairie, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steven L. Elmer & crew
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sawmill
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sawmill
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • 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 Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    A

    AB

    Btg

    Bg

    Cg

    0

    23

    41

    69

    86

    119

    23

    41

    69

    86

    119

    152

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    A

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    Btg

    Bg

    Cg

    0

    23

    41

    69

    86

    119

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    69

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

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    AB

    Btg

    Bg

    Cg

    0

    23

    41

    69

    86

    119

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—69

    69—119

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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

    0.5

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    360

    1025

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    190

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31233
    A—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31234
    AB—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine faint irregular dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31235
    Btg—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31236. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1414388; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1414388
    Bg—86 to 119 centimeters (33.9 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31237, IL31238. Horizon split for sampling: IL31237 86 to 104 cm, IL31238 104 to 119 cm.
    Cg—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; mottles; massive; firm; 10 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # IL31239