IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Herrick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1942IL021003
  • User Pedon ID: 1942IL021003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 42IL021003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20430
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 39.4347834
  • Std. Longitude: -89.3627445
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 6
  • Location Description: 58 FT N of osage orange fence to W & 6 FT N of N brace post in fence
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL021—Christian
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL021—Christian County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JBF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Herrick
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Herrick
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1942
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1942 (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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    A1—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16759, IL16762, IL16760, IL16761. Horizon split for sampling: IL16759 0 to 5 cm, IL16760 5 to 13 cm, IL16761 13 to 20 cm, IL16762 20 to 28 cm.
    A2—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16763, IL16764. Horizon split for sampling: IL16763 28 to 33 cm, IL16764 33 to 38 cm.
    B1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16765, IL16766. Horizon split for sampling: IL16765 38 to 46 cm, IL16766 46 to 53 cm.
    B21—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16767, IL16769, IL16768. Horizon split for sampling: IL16767 53 to 58 cm, IL16768 58 to 64 cm, IL16769 64 to 69 cm.
    B22—69 to 76 centimeters (27.2 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16770
    B3—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16771, IL16773, IL16772. Horizon split for sampling: IL16771 76 to 84 cm, IL16772 84 to 91 cm, IL16773 91 to 99 cm.
    C1—99 to 188 centimeters (39.0 to 74.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16774, IL16781, IL16775, IL16776, IL16777, IL16778, IL16779, IL16780. Horizon split for sampling: IL16774 99 to 107 cm, IL16775 107 to 114 cm, IL16776 114 to 124 cm, IL16777 124 to 135 cm, IL16778 135 to 145 cm, IL16779 145 to 157 cm, IL16780 157 to 173 cm, IL16781 173 to 188 cm.