IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buckhart
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1963IL039001
  • User Pedon ID: 1963IL039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 63IL039001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20529
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 40.2771290
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8976001
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 17
  • Location Description: 35FT N of 1/2 mile line
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL039—De Witt
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL039—De Witt County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JBF, BWR, JDA, JMP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Buckhart
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: knoll
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1963 (entry creation date)
  • 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
    • 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

    3.7

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    243.7

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    0

    825

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    170

    11

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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; strong fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 roots; 1 percent fine faint light gray (10YR 7/2) clay depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19079
    A2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; strong medium granular structure; firm; 6.0 roots; 1 percent fine faint light gray (10YR 7/2) clay depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19080
    Bt1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19081
    Bt2—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19082. continuous - phpvsfiid 1210800; continuous - phpvsfiid 1210800
    Bt3—69 to 99 centimeters (27.2 to 39.0 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions and 10 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19083. continuous - phpvsfiid 1210796; continuous - phpvsfiid 1210796
    Bt4—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silt loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on vertical faces of peds and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19084
    BC—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); variegated light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak very coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19085
    C—132 to 140 centimeters (52.0 to 55.1 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; massive; friable; 0.6 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL19086
    2C—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8.