IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atterberry
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IL187001
  • User Pedon ID: 87IL187001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0668
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59963
  • 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: 40.7031893
  • Std. Longitude: -90.5677438
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 2,460 feet W and 150 feet S of the NE corner
  • Map Unit: 257A—Clarksdale silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL187—Warren
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPI—Springfield, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL187—Warren County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40090-F5—Greenbush, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steven L. Elmer & Steven E. Zwicker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atterberry
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarksdale
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Udollic Ochraqualf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Fine-textured Peoria Loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1987 (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 Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

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    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btg1

    Btg2

    Cg

    0

    18

    30

    43

    58

    81

    122

    147

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    E

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    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btg1

    Btg2

    Cg

    0

    18

    30

    43

    58

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    E

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    Bt1

    Bt2

    Btg1

    Btg2

    Cg

    0

    18

    30

    43

    58

    81

    122

    147

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    43

    58

    81

    122

    147

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—43

    43—147

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    —104—
    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

    1.5

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03532
    E—18 to 29 centimeters (7.1 to 11.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains; 10 percent prominent cylindrical light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, clay depletions with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03533
    BE—29 to 43 centimeters (11.4 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03534
    Bt1—43 to 59 centimeters (16.9 to 23.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 37 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03535. common clay films surface features
    Bt2—59 to 82 centimeters (23.2 to 32.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; and mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; 11 percent fine faint irregular grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 11 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03536. common clay films surface features; common fine distinct 2.5Y52 mottles; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    Btg1—82 to 124 centimeters (32.3 to 48.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; and mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent coarse distinct irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 37 percent prominent irregular dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2), moist, manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03537. common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; many coarse distinct 10YR44 mottles; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    Btg2—124 to 147 centimeters (48.8 to 57.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; and mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 37 percent prominent irregular dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03538. common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR44 mottles
    Cg—147 to 170 centimeters (57.9 to 66.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; and mottles; massive; friable; 11 percent medium distinct irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 37 percent prominent irregular dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2), moist, manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P03539. the last four horizons are too acid