IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atlas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1965IL177002
  • User Pedon ID: 1965IL177002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 65IL177002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20600
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 42.3599900
  • Std. Longitude: -89.7539193
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 920 feet north and 1080 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 400 feet south and 240 feet east of the northwest corner of northeast 10,southwest 40,southeast 160
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL177—Stephenson
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL177—Stephenson County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42089-C7—Pearl City, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LRF, RTO
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Chromic Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atlas
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atlas
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • 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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19962
    A2—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine platy, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19963
    B21—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19964
    B22—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; 25 percent gray (10YR 6/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19965
    IIA11b—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; 50 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19966
    IIA12b—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19967. continuous - phpvsfiid 464037; continuous - phpvsfiid 464037
    IIA13b—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19968. continuous - phpvsfiid 464038; continuous - phpvsfiid 464038
    IIB21gb—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19969. continuous - phpvsfiid 464039; continuous - phpvsfiid 464039
    IIB22gb—112 to 150 centimeters (44.1 to 59.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19970. continuous - phpvsfiid 464040; continuous - phpvsfiid 464040
    IIB3gb—150 to 170 centimeters (59.1 to 66.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots; 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19971. continuous - phpvsfiid 464041; continuous - phpvsfiid 464041
    IIC1—170 to 173 centimeters (66.9 to 68.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19972
    IIC2—173 to 183 centimeters (68.1 to 72.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; massive; firm; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; shale, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19973
    IIC3—183 to 221 centimeters (72.0 to 87.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; very firm; shale, clayey fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19974
    IIC4—221 to 310 centimeters (87.0 to 122.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19975
    IIC5—310 to 320 centimeters (122.0 to 126.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19976
    IIIR1—320 to 325 centimeters (126.0 to 128.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) ; massive; extremely firm; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19977
    IIIR2—325 to 330 centimeters (128.0 to 129.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) ; massive; dolomite (dolostone) fragments. Lab sample # IL19978