IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grantsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1955IL165001
  • User Pedon ID: 1955IL165001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 55IL165001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20448
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 37.6264017
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6969716
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 30
  • Location Description: On W side of deep side of RR cut, near apex of 1/4mi ridge running E-W
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL165—Saline
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL165—Saline County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AHB, JBF, RBG, PRJ
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grantsburg
  • PSC - 61 to 111 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grantsburg
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17946, IL17954. Horizon split for sampling: IL17946 0 to 15 cm, IL17954 0 to 0 cm.
    A2—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17947
    B2—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17948
    A'2—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17949
    B'2—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent reddish gray (5YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17950
    B'31—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17951
    B'32—104 to 130 centimeters (40.9 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint mottles; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17952. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429113; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429113
    C1—130 to 203 centimeters (51.2 to 79.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silt loam; massive; firm; 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on surfaces along pores and 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments. Lab sample # IL17953