IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fayette
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956IL015004
  • User Pedon ID: 1956IL015004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 56IL015004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20453
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 41.9438514
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8785591
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 36
  • Location Description: 20 rods S from fence which is near crest of ridge & 35 rods N from culvert
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL015—Carroll
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL015—Carroll County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AHB, BWR, HLW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fayette
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fayette
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1956
  • 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: 10/1/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17934
    E1—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine platy structure; 3.0 fine roots; 0.6 tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17935
    E2—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 tubular pores; faint light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, clay depletions on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17936
    E3—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; 3.0 fine roots; 0.6 tubular pores; faint clay depletions on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17937
    BE—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; 3.0 roots; 0.6 tubular pores; distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry, clay depletions on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17938
    Bw—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; 0.6 roots; 0.6 tubular pores; distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry, clay depletions on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17939, IL17940. Horizon split for sampling: IL17939 53 to 64 cm, IL17940 64 to 76 cm.
    Bt1—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.6 fine roots; 0.6 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, clay depletions on faces of peds and 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17941
    Bt2—99 to 147 centimeters (39.0 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; 0.6 fine roots; fine tubular pores; distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17942, IL17943. Horizon split for sampling: IL17942 99 to 124 cm, IL17943 124 to 147 cm.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1498552; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1498552
    C1—147 to 211 centimeters (57.9 to 83.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; 0.1 roots; 0.6 fine tubular pores; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions; fragments. Lab sample # IL17944
    C2—211 to 254 centimeters (83.1 to 100.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL17945