IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plano
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960IL037002
  • User Pedon ID: 1960IL037002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 60IL037002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20492
  • 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: 41.9120995
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8842283
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 27
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL037—DeKalb
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plano
  • PSC - 51 to 101 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: 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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    A1—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18639
    A3—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary.
    B1—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; 25 percent worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary.
    B21—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); 10YR 2.5/3 (10YR 2.5/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 fine roots; 25 percent worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18640
    B22—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 429930; patchy - phpvsfiid 429931; continuous - phpvsfiid 429930; patchy - phpvsfiid 429931
    B3—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 429932; continuous - phpvsfiid 429932
    C11—132 to 155 centimeters (52.0 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 0.6 fine roots; 25 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL18641
    C12—155 to 180 centimeters (61.0 to 70.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam, silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 0.6 fine roots; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C2—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on surfaces along root channels and black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL18642