IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sylvan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986IL149010
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IL149010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86IL149010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21985
  • 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: 39.6120250
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8238750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1505 feet west and 2650 feet north of southeast corner
  • Location Description: Grate Township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL149—Pike
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL149—Pike County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JLJ MEL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sylvan
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sylvan
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous loess
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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—23

    23—69

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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

    7

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    231.6

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    292

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32979
    Ap2—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32980
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32981. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428596; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428596
    Bt2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32982. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428597; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428597
    Bt3—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32983. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428598; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428598
    BC—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32984
    C—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; structureless massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL32985