IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: eroded
  • User Site ID: S1982IL011019
  • User Pedon ID: S1982IL011019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82IL011019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21391
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 41.4545611
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8290917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 880 feet north and 2442 feet west of southeast corner
  • Map Unit: 88D2—Sparta loamy sand, Illinois till plain, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL011—Bureau
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPI—Springfield, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL011—Bureau County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41089-D7—Mineral, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gary J. Pomeranke and Steve E. Zwicker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: wind-modified sandy outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: dune
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Gary J. Pomeranke and Steve. E. Zwicker
  • Air Photo ID: AS 43
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—20

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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

    12

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    193

    —

    225

    940

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    170

    10.6

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy sand; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28564; observed in push tube
    Bw1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28565; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 1480479; continuous - phpvsfiid 1480479
    Bw2—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28566; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1480478; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1480478
    C—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; structureless single grain; loose; 0.6 fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL28567; observed in push tube