IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atlas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IL051097
  • User Pedon ID: 86IL051097
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0154
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59450
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 39.1705551
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1480560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet E and 1360 feet N of the center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL051—Fayette
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MSH, LLK, KDB, CCB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic, sloping Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 97
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atlas
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atlas
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Aeric Ochraqualf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00863. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few very fine roots
    1Bt—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few very fine roots; common fine distinct 10YR58 mottles
    2Btg1—41 to 94 centimeters (16.1 to 37.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 55 percent distinct white (10YR 8/1), moist, skeletans on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00864. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common medium distinct 7.5YR46 mottles
    2Btg2—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior clay loam; 1 percent gray (5Y 6/1) medium faint and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; few medium faint 5Y61 mottles
    2Btg3—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 37 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common fine prominent 7.5YR46 mottles