IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eleroy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962IL177002
  • User Pedon ID: 1962IL177002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 62IL177002
  • 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: 42.2037966
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8413471
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 32
  • Location Description: 555 feet E of N-S fence on E side of road on W sec.line
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL177—Stephenson
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL177—Stephenson County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BWR, WME
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eleroy
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eleroy
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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); 90 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL19027
    B21—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; firm; 6.0 fine pores; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19028. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429264; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429264
    B22—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 fine pores; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19029. continuous - phpvsfiid 429262; continuous - phpvsfiid 429262
    B23—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 25 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine pores; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 25 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, and black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19030
    B31—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 25 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine pores; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 25 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, and black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19031
    B32-IIB3—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine pores; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, and black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented chert fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19032
    IIC—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); 90 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; massive; very firm; greenish gray (5GY 6/1), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; shale, unspecified fragments and limestone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL19033