IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Argyle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960IL015001
  • User Pedon ID: 1960IL015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 60IL015001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20490
  • 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: 42.1909052
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6988922
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 330 feet south and 300 feet west of center
  • Location Description: Along railroad right-of-way
  • 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: BWR, GFH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Argyle
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Argyle
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1960
  • 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: 8/1/1960 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18675
    A2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); variegated dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 roots; light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18676
    A3-B1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18677
    B21—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18678. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429052; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429052
    IIB22—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) loam, gravel; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots; yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct reddish black (2.5YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18679
    IIB23—107 to 178 centimeters (42.1 to 70.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots; dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18680, IL18682, IL18681. Horizon split for sampling: IL18680 107 to 130 cm, IL18681 130 to 152 cm, IL18682 152 to 178 cm.
    IIB24—178 to 213 centimeters (70.1 to 83.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) coarse sandy loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # IL18683, IL18684. Horizon split for sampling: IL18683 178 to 196 cm, IL18684 196 to 213 cm.
    IIB3—213 to 221 centimeters (83.9 to 87.0 inches); variegated dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) coarse sandy loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # IL18685
    IIC—221 to 221 centimeters (87.0 to 87.0 inches); variegated pale brown (10YR 6/3) and very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sand, gravel; single grain; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # IL18686