IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atlas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IL133005
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IL133005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80IL133005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21194
  • 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: 38.3041264
  • Std. Longitude: -90.0831830
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1920 feet S & 2300 feet E of the NW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL133—Monroe
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL133—Monroe County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38090-C1—Paderborn, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: PEO
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Chromic Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atlas
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blair
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 4
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinoian till with strongly developed Sangamon paleosol
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1979 (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—173

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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

    24

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    171

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    135

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27312; observed in push tube
    B21t—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27313; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480377; patchy - phpvsfiid 480377
    B22t—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27314; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480378; patchy - phpvsfiid 480378
    B23t—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 25 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27315; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480380; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480380
    B24t—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27316; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480381; patchy - phpvsfiid 480381
    B25t—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27317; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480383; patchy - phpvsfiid 480383
    B31t—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27318; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480384; patchy - phpvsfiid 480385; patchy - phpvsfiid 480384; patchy - phpvsfiid 480385
    B32t—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent and 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27319; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480388; patchy - phpvsfiid 480388
    B33t—124 to 145 centimeters (48.8 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27320; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480389; patchy - phpvsfiid 480389
    B34t—145 to 173 centimeters (57.1 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 medium roots between peds; prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter. Lab sample # IL27321; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480386; patchy - phpvsfiid 480386