IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ashkum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 03IL053001a
  • User Pedon ID: 03IL053001a
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0860
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16214
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 40.5802778
  • Std. Longitude: -88.3686111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 35
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL053—Ford
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40088-E3—Melvin West, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M.W. Bramstedt, J.W. Hammit
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashkum
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashkum
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/5/2003 ()
  • 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04369
    Ap—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04370
    A1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04371
    A2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent fine and medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04373
    A2—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent fine and medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04374
    Bg1—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 75 percent medium and coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04375
    Bg1—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 75 percent medium and coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04376
    Bg2—89 to 135 centimeters (35.0 to 53.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 75 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04377
    BCg—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 75 percent medium and coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04378
    C—160 to 226 centimeters (63.0 to 89.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; massive; extremely firm; 75 percent medium and coarse prominent iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 03N04379