IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blair
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL157045
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL157045
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL157045
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21068
  • 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: 38.1327682
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6292461
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 50 feet E & 195 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL157—Randolph
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL157—Randolph County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38089-B6—Tilden, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ML, CM, LV
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 45
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blair
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blair
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: pedisediment
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—8

    8—102

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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

    15

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    151

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5.0 roots between peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26143; observed in push tube
    B21t—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots between peds; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26144; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480435; patchy - phpvsfiid 480435
    B22t—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26145; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480438; continuous - phpvsfiid 480438
    B23t—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots between peds; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26146; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480440; continuous - phpvsfiid 480440
    B24t—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots between peds; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26147; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480442; continuous - phpvsfiid 480442
    B25t—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate thick platy structure; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26148; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480439; continuous - phpvsfiid 480439
    B26tg—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate platy structure; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26149, IL26150; observed in push tube. Horizon split for sampling: IL26149 71 to 86 cm, IL26150 86 to 102 cm.; patchy - phpvsfiid 480436; patchy - phpvsfiid 480436
    B3g—102 to 142 centimeters (40.2 to 55.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; weak thick platy, and massive; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26151; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480437; patchy - phpvsfiid 480437
    C1g—142 to 165 centimeters (55.9 to 65.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; 1 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) fine prominent mottles; weak thick platy, and massive; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL26152; observed in push tube