IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Starks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988IL045005
  • User Pedon ID: 1988IL045005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88IL045005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22107
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 39.5947750
  • Std. Longitude: -87.5537667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 5
  • Location Description: Stratton Township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL045—Edgar
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL045—Edgar County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M Vice, T Schmidt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Endoaqualfs
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Starks
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Starks
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess and/or Wisconsinan outwash
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1988 (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

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    15—23

    23—81

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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

    1

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    191.1

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    225

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33890
    E—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33891
    Bt1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; distinct white (10YR 8/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33892. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428545; continuous - phpvsfiid 428546; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428545; continuous - phpvsfiid 428546
    Bt2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33893. continuous - phpvsfiid 428542; continuous - phpvsfiid 428542
    Bt3—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores and prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33894. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428543; continuous - phpvsfiid 428544; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428543; continuous - phpvsfiid 428544
    2BC—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores and distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 3 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33895. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428547; continuous - phpvsfiid 428548; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428547; continuous - phpvsfiid 428548
    2Cg—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores and distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses in matrix; 4 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL33896. patchy - phpvsfiid 428549; patchy - phpvsfiid 428550; patchy - phpvsfiid 428549; patchy - phpvsfiid 428550