IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atlas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IL049005
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IL049005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81IL049005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21337
  • 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: 38.9179407
  • Std. Longitude: -88.7474686
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1640 feet north and 700 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL049—Effingham
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL049—Effingham County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LLB, MBL, CAM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Chromic Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atlas
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blair
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over Illinoian till with Sangamon paleosol
  • Landscape: till plain, upland
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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—28

    28—157

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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

    6

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    181

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    45

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 roots between peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # IL27981
    A2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots between peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL27982
    B21t—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots between peds; distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27983. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460336; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460336
    B22t—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27984. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460337; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460337
    IIB21t—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots between peds; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL27985. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460338; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460338
    IIB22t—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL27986. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460339; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460339
    IIB23gt—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent coarse prominent 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL27987. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460340; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460340
    IIB24gt—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL27988. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460341; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460341
    IIB3gt—124 to 157 centimeters (48.8 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm; 0.6 roots; prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 25 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL27989. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460342; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460342