IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Toronto
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961IL147002
  • User Pedon ID: 1961IL147002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 61IL147002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20514
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 39.9866556
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6459583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1870 feet north and 1250 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: 392FT S & 72FT W from junction of public highway & private home
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL147—Piatt
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL147—Piatt County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39088-H6—Cerro Gordo, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LWB, WRB, RTO
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udollic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Toronto
  • PSC - 43 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Toronto
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Udollic Ochraqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1961 (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 -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—43

    43—91

    91—91

    —43—

    —48—

    —0—
    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    —

    207

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL18834
    E—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; 1 percent medium faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL18835
    BE—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18836
    Bt1—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18837
    Bt2—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout and 10 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18838
    Bt3—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout and 10 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18839
    2BCt—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout and 10 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18840
    2C1—114 to 124 centimeters (44.9 to 48.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; firm; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18841
    2C2—124 to 155 centimeters (48.8 to 61.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; very firm; 1 percent fine faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL18842