IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Port Byron
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1939IL131002
  • User Pedon ID: 1939IL131002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 39IL131002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20407
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 41.1084329
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8217087
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 23
  • Location Description: 70 FT N of railroad tracks,1 1/4 miles E-NE from Mississippi River Bluff
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL131—Mercer
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL131—Mercer County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JBF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Port Byron
  • PSC - 61 to 111 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Joy
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1939
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1939 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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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    A11—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); variegated black (10YR 2/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15873, IL15874. Horizon split for sampling: IL15873 0 to 18 cm, IL15874 18 to 36 cm.
    A3—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); variegated very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15875
    B1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15876. patchy - phpvsfiid 429942; patchy - phpvsfiid 429942
    B21—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15877. patchy - phpvsfiid 429937; patchy - phpvsfiid 429937
    B22—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15878. patchy - phpvsfiid 429933; patchy - phpvsfiid 429933
    B23—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15879. patchy - phpvsfiid 429935; patchy - phpvsfiid 429935
    B31—104 to 119 centimeters (40.9 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores; 24 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15880
    B32—119 to 140 centimeters (46.9 to 55.1 inches); variegated brown (10YR 4/3) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15881
    C1—140 to 163 centimeters (55.1 to 64.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 25 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; 25 percent coarse weak red (7.5R 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15882
    C21—163 to 175 centimeters (64.2 to 68.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 13 percent gray (10YR 6/1) coarse prominent and 13 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; massive; friable; carbonate coats on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15883
    C22—175 to 190 centimeters (68.9 to 74.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; carbonate coats on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15884
    C23—191 to 203 centimeters (75.2 to 79.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; 10 percent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL15885