IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bryce
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1940IL075002
  • User Pedon ID: 1940IL075002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40IL075002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20422
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.5169519
  • Std. Longitude: -87.8772050
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 19
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL075—Iroquois
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL075—Iroquois County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: HW, FFR, TGP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bryce
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/2019
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bryce
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1940
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine over till
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • 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 -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—30

    30—86

    —30—

    —56—
    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

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; many (6.0) roots; fragments. Lab sample # IL16473, IL16478, IL16474, IL16475, IL16476, IL16477; observed in pit, small. Horizon split for sampling: IL16473 0 to 5 cm, IL16474 5 to 10 cm, IL16475 10 to 15 cm, IL16476 15 to 20 cm, IL16477 20 to 25 cm, IL16478 25 to 30 cm.
    BA—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 1 percent fine distinct brown (10YR 4/3) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # IL16479; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 5 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # IL16480, IL16481; observed in pit, small. Horizon split for sampling: IL16481 46 to 53 cm, IL16480 38 to 46 cm.
    Bw2—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); variegated dark gray (10YR 4/1) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # IL16482; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); variegated dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # IL16483, IL16484; observed in pit, small. Horizon split for sampling: IL16483 61 to 69 cm, IL16484 69 to 76 cm.
    BC—76 to 86 centimeters (29.9 to 33.9 inches); variegated olive gray (5Y 4/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 10 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # IL16485; observed in pit, small
    C1—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to structureless massive; 20 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL16486, IL16487; observed in pit, small. Horizon split for sampling: IL16486 86 to 97 cm, IL16487 97 to 112 cm.
    C2—112 to 147 centimeters (44.1 to 57.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; structureless massive; 20 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 3 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL16488, IL16489; observed in pit, small. Horizon split for sampling: IL16488 112 to 137 cm, IL16489 137 to 147 cm.