IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atlas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986IL191001
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IL191001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86IL191001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22014
  • 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: 38.5738444
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6657778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1920 feet west and 1240 feet south of northeast corner
  • Location Description: Garden Hill Township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL191—Wayne
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL191—Wayne County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Chromic Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atlas
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atlas
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or Illinoian till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1986 (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—13

    13—152

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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

    8

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; ; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33239. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428844; patchy - phpvsfiid 428843; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428844; patchy - phpvsfiid 428843
    Btg1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; fine angular blocky, and moderate medium structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine carbonate concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33240. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428845; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428845
    Btg2—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine carbonate concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33241. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428849; patchy - phpvsfiid 428848; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428849; patchy - phpvsfiid 428848
    Btg3—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium carbonate concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33242. patchy - phpvsfiid 428846; continuous - phpvsfiid 428847; patchy - phpvsfiid 428846; continuous - phpvsfiid 428847
    Btg4—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium carbonate concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33243. continuous - phpvsfiid 428838; continuous - phpvsfiid 428838
    Btg5—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium carbonate concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33244. patchy - phpvsfiid 428839; continuous - phpvsfiid 428840; patchy - phpvsfiid 428839; continuous - phpvsfiid 428840
    Btg6—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium carbonate concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL33245. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428842; patchy - phpvsfiid 428841; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428842; patchy - phpvsfiid 428841