IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ridgeville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL125041
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL125041
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL125041
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21868
  • 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: 40.3330083
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8244167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1184 feet E & 165 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Forest City Township
  • 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: 40089-C7—Forest City, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WMT, WKS, PRK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 41
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ridgeville
  • PSC - 66 to 116 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ridgeville
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots; 25 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32014
    A—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 25 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32015
    Bt1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; 1 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine faint and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 25 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32016
    Bt2—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32017
    Cg—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) sand; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # IL32018