IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beaucoup
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IL017062
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IL017062
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0242
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52484
  • 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: 39.8785800
  • Std. Longitude: -90.4809770
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 890 feet N and 1405 feet E of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: 3070L—Beaucoup silty clay loam, cool mesic, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, long duration
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL017—Cass
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPI—Springfield, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL017—Cass County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39090-H4—Arenzville West, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 62
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Beaucoup
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beaucoup
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty alluvium
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—46

    56—127

    —46—

    —71—
    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

    0

    —

    —

    135

    —

    360

    1000

    —

    190

    13

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01111. few fine roots
    A1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few fine roots
    A2—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01112. few fine roots
    BA—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few fine roots; common fine distinct 10YR54 mottles
    Bg1—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 55 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; many fine and medium distinct 2.5Y54 mottles
    Bg2—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and coarse distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01113. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; many medium and coarse distinct 10YR56 mottles
    BCg—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; many medium and coarse distinct 10YR56 mottles
    Cg—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior loam; 11 percent gray (5Y 6/1) medium distinct and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P01114. few fine roots; many medium and coarse distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 5Y61 mottles