IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elsah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93IL181086E
  • User Pedon ID: 93IL181086E
  • User Site Association ID: ECS_1_Ecological Classification System Study_CCA
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0207
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67225
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 37.5181226
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4178499
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Illinois Ozarks - 222Aq. NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 34, T. 11. S., R. 3. W. MLRA 115B. CCA#72. Dana's pedon# S93IL181008-6; Lincoln pedon# 93IL1810086; Pedon# 93IL181086.
  • State: Illinois
  • MLRA: 115B—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes, Western Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dana Grantham, SCS and Max Hutchison, TNC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Eutrochrepts
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elsah
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Eutrochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 30.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 18
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and 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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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2); moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01330
    O—3 to 0 centimeters (1.2 to 0.0 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A2—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3); weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01331. continuous - phpvsfiid 87711; continuous - phpvsfiid 87711
    Bw—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3); weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01332. patchy - phpvsfiid 87712; patchy - phpvsfiid 87712
    2C1—48 to 56 centimeters (18.9 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4); weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01333
    CR—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments.