IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clinton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1940IL017001
  • User Pedon ID: 1940IL017001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40IL017001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20416
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.9655208
  • Std. Longitude: -90.1001552
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 34
  • Location Description: Cut on N side of oiled road about center of curve near section center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL017—Cass
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL017—Cass County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RTO
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clinton
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clary
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1940
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1940 (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
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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL16346
    A2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16347
    A3—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16348
    B1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16349
    B21—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16350, IL16351. Horizon split for sampling: IL16350 38 to 46 cm, IL16351 46 to 53 cm.
    B22—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16352, IL16353. Horizon split for sampling: IL16352 53 to 61 cm, IL16353 61 to 69 cm.
    B23—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16354, IL16355. Horizon split for sampling: IL16354 69 to 76 cm, IL16355 76 to 89 cm.
    B3—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16356, IL16357. Horizon split for sampling: IL16356 89 to 102 cm, IL16357 102 to 127 cm.
    C11—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; friable; 1 percent fine very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16358
    C12—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent fine very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16359
    C2—178 to 216 centimeters (70.1 to 85.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL16360