IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plano
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960IL037001
  • User Pedon ID: 1960IL037001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 60IL037001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20491
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.7918172
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8748862
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 3
  • Location Description: 10 rods W of entrnace to silage pit on the N side of the road
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL037—DeKalb
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL037—DeKalb County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: HLW, JDA, HRS, DPW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plano
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plano
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1960 (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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and 10YR 2.5/2 (10YR 2.5/2) crushed silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18633
    B1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) crushed silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary.
    B21—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18634. continuous - phpvsfiid 429926; patchy - phpvsfiid 429927; continuous - phpvsfiid 429926; patchy - phpvsfiid 429927
    B22—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots; dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 429928; continuous - phpvsfiid 429928
    B3—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear smooth boundary.
    C1—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/2) silt loam, very fine sandy loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18635
    C2—130 to 150 centimeters (51.2 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/2) silt loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18636
    C3—150 to 168 centimeters (59.1 to 66.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy fine sand; single grain; friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C4—168 to 185 centimeters (66.1 to 72.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam, very fine sandy loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 0.6 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18637
    C5—185 to 203 centimeters (72.8 to 79.9 inches); gray (5YR 6/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam, fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL18638