IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shoals
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980IL049001
  • User Pedon ID: 82IL049001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0565
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52802
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024
  • 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: 39.0833778
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5833817
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 408 meters W and 378 meters S of NE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL049—Effingham
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FLA
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shoals
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Aeric Fluvaquents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—15

    —-

    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

    156

    225

    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. common fine roots
    1C1—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear boundary. common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR62 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR58 mottles
    1C2—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 11 percent pale red (2.5YR 6/2) medium and coarse distinct mottles; weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains and 37 percent distinct black (N 2/0), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 83P02696. common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few fine roots; common medium and coarse distinct 2.5YR62 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR58 mottles
    1C3—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior sandy loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) coarse distinct mottles; single grain; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains and 37 percent distinct black (N 2/0), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear boundary. common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few fine roots; common coarse distinct 2.5Y62 mottles
    1C4—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; 11 percent pale red (2.5YR 6/2) coarse distinct mottles; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains and 37 percent distinct 2/0 2/0, moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on nodules; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear boundary. common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on nodules; few fine roots; common coarse distinct 2.5YR62 mottles
    1C5—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior sandy loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse distinct mottles; single grain; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent distinct black (N 2/0), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few fine roots; few coarse distinct 10YR62 mottles