IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IL125011
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IL125011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84IL125011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21747
  • 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: 40.1113250
  • Std. Longitude: -90.1824444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 290 feet W & 2282 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL125—Mason
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL125—Mason County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40090-A2—Chandlerville, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DEC, WMT, WKS, PRK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31191
    A—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand, gravel; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 fine roots; 25 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31192
    Bw1—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand, gravel; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 fine roots; 25 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31193
    Bw2—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand, gravel; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31194
    C1—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand, gravel; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31195
    C2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand, gravel; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # IL31196