IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sylvan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93IL181015E
  • User Pedon ID: 93IL181015E
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 93IL181015E
  • User Site Association ID: ECS_1_Ecological Classification System Study_CCA
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0181
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67199
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 37.5520109
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4342393
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: CCA#21. Illinois Ozarks - 222Aq. Section 21, T. 11. S., R. 3. W. Dana's pedon # S93IL181-001-5; Lincoln pedon# 93IL1810015; Pedon# 93IL181015
  • State: Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dana Grantham, SCS; Matt McCauley, SCS and Don Dagnan, USFS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sylvan
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): NASIS Site Name (MLRA06_Morgantown) was transferred over (MLRA12_Amherst) to align with the new USDA-NRCS SPSD Regional Office boundaries. The MLRA12-Amherst NASIS Site will eventually be renamed as the Northeast NASIS Site.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CORNU

    QUAL

    QUVE

    SAAL5

    Cornus

    Quercus alba

    Quercus velutina

    Sassafras albidum

    dogwood

    white oak

    black oak

    sassafras

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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

    7

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    227

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    270

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2); moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01217
    BE—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 1 percent prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01218. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87614; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87614
    Bt1—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01219. continuous - phpvsfiid 87615; continuous - phpvsfiid 87615
    C1—48 to 86 centimeters (18.9 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 1 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01220. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87616; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87616
    2C2—86 to 201 centimeters (33.9 to 79.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4); friable; 1 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent fine and medium platy carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01221. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 88390; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 88390