IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ashkum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 03IL053007a
  • User Pedon ID: 03IL053007a
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0984
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16300
  • Print Date: 9/23/2024
  • 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: 40.5805556
  • 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashkum
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashkum
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/20/2003 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine angular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04996
    A2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04997
    A2—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04998
    A3—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches);, black (2.5Y 2.5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 2 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04999
    A3—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches);, black (2.5Y 2.5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 2 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N05000
    BA—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches);, black (2.5Y 2.5/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 3 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N05001
    Bg1—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches);, dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 75 percent distinct black (2.5Y 2.5/1) organic stains on all faces of peds; 30 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N05002
    Bg2—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches);, dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 75 percent distinct black (2.5Y 2.5/1) organic stains on all faces of peds; 75 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 03N05003