IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IL075010
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IL075010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 76IL075010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20821
  • 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: 40.7281886
  • Std. Longitude: -87.6704537
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 60 feet west and 792 feet south of northeast corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL075—Iroquois
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL075—Iroquois County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40087-F6—Milford, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K, P
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • PSC - 76 to 126 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ade
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1976 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24359
    A3—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 50 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24360
    B1—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose; 25 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24361
    B2—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sand; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24362
    A+B—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24363
    B2t—135 to 157 centimeters (53.1 to 61.8 inches); variegated brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # IL24364