IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fosterburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IL027048
  • User Pedon ID: S1987IL027048
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87IL027048
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22049
  • 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: 38.5531778
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6593722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 92 feet S & 2,495 feet E of NW corner
  • Location Description: Lookingglass Township
  • Map Unit: 941A—Virden-Piasa silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL027—Clinton
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL027—Clinton County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38089-E6—Trenton, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Doug B. Gaines
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 48
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fosterburg
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Piasa
  • PSC - 66 to 116 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess high in secondary sodium
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Ponding: occasional ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1987 (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

    Btkng1

    Btkng2

    Btkng3

    Btng

    0

    18

    36

    48

    66

    102

    117

    18

    36

    48

    66

    102

    117

    145

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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

    AB

    Btkng1

    Btkng2

    Btkng3

    Btng

    0

    18

    36

    48

    66

    102

    117

    18

    36

    48

    66

    102

    117

    145

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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

    A

    AB

    Btkng1

    Btkng2

    Btkng3

    Btng

    0

    18

    36

    48

    66

    102

    117

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    48

    66

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    117

    145

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

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    0—48

    0—200

    48—145

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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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; 12 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; many (10.0) very fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33445
    A—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; 17 percent clay; mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; many (10.0) very fine roots between peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct spherical very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33446
    AB—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; mottles; moderate very fine angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots between peds; 25 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine faint irregular brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct spherical very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout; 10 percent fine prominent spherical light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33447. continuous - phpvsfiid 1406302; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406302
    Btkng1—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) very fine roots between peds; 50 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint irregular brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct spherical very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout; 10 percent medium prominent spherical light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33448. continuous - phpvsfiid 1406303; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406303
    Btkng2—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.8) very fine roots between peds; 25 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct spherical very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout; 10 percent medium prominent spherical light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33449. continuous - phpvsfiid 1406304; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406305; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406304; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406305
    Btkng3—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; and mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.8) very fine roots between peds; 10 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 50 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 10 percent medium prominent spherical light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33450. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1406300; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406301; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1406300; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406301
    Btng—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 25 percent clay; mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; few (0.8) very fine roots top of horizon; 10 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 10 percent medium prominent spherical light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, carbonate nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # IL33451. continuous - phpvsfiid 1406306; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406306