IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cisne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991IL025017
  • User Pedon ID: S1991IL025017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0576
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63618
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 38.7816658
  • Std. Longitude: -88.3630524
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 707 feet E and 1169 feet N of the SW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL025—Clay
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL025—Clay County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Pittmans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Mollic Ochraqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cisne
  • PSC - 50 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/25/2006
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • Classificaton Date - 4/16/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landform: broad interfluve
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/16/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 91P03237
    E—20 to 45 centimeters (7.9 to 17.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak thick platy structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent medium spherical iron-manganese nodules; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear boundary. Lab sample # 91P03238, 91P03237
    BE—45 to 55 centimeters (17.7 to 21.7 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 30 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 30 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear boundary. Lab sample # 91P03238, 91P03239
    Btg1—55 to 81 centimeters (21.7 to 31.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 30 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 91P03239
    Btg2—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 1 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 91P03240
    2Btg3—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent medium irregular iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # 91P03240