IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grantsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IL065001
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IL065001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 77IL065001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20857
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 37.9279275
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6600929
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 9
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL065—Hamilton
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL065—Hamilton County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37088-H6—Akin, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grantsburg
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1977 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; strong medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24630
    B1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24631
    B2t—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and silt coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24632. continuous - phpvsfiid 465180; continuous - phpvsfiid 465180
    B+A—56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL24633. continuous - phpvsfiid 465183; continuous - phpvsfiid 465183
    BX1—64 to 97 centimeters (25.2 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 25 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual boundary. Lab sample # IL24634
    BX2—97 to 142 centimeters (38.2 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) faint mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual boundary. Lab sample # IL24635. patchy - phpvsfiid 465185; patchy - phpvsfiid 465185
    BX3—142 to 173 centimeters (55.9 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and very coarse platy structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # IL24636