IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Petrolia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL121043
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL121043
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL121043
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21844
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 38.7702750
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9245694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1610 feet N & 950 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Foster Township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL121—Marion
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL121—Marion County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38088-G8—Saint Paul, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TJE, CCM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 43
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Petrolia
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Petrolia
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1985 (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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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct and 10 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31839
    AC—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31840
    Cg1—43 to 84 centimeters (16.9 to 33.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31841, IL31842. Horizon split for sampling: IL31841 43 to 84 cm, IL31842 43 to 84 cm.
    Cg2—84 to 137 centimeters (33.1 to 53.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31843
    Cg3—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9. Lab sample # IL31844