IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ashkum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 03IL053004a
  • User Pedon ID: 03IL053004a
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0863
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16217
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.5800000
  • Std. Longitude: -88.3688889
  • 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. Bramstedt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashkum
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashkum
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches);, black (2.5Y 2.5/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04397
    A1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches);, black (N 2.5/),, dry; silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04398
    A2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches);, black (N 2.5/),, dry; silty clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04399
    2Bg—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches);, black (N 2.5/),, dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent fine iron-manganese masses and 30 percent fine and medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04400
    2BCg—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent distinct black (N 2.5/) organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 30 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04401
    2Cg—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches);, dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; massive; friable; 30 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 03N04402