IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keller
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1963IL177001
  • User Pedon ID: 1963IL177001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 63IL177001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20539
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 42.3724428
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5766578
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 4
  • Location Description: 26YDS W of concrete ROW marker near fence corner, 7YDS W 1st power pole
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL177—Stephenson
  • MLRA: 95—Eastern Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, and Upper Michigan Drift Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL177—Stephenson County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BWR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Keller
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keller
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1963 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; cloddy, and weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19385
    A3—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine faint mottles; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19386
    B1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19387
    B21—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19388. patchy - phpvsfiid 429729; patchy - phpvsfiid 429729
    B22—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 80 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19389
    IIA1b—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); variegated very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) and brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19390
    IIB2b—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine faint mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19391
    IIB31b—130 to 160 centimeters (51.2 to 63.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine distinct mottles; massive, and coarse angular blocky; very firm; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19392
    IIIB32b—160 to 185 centimeters (63.0 to 72.8 inches); variegated dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam, gravel; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine distinct mottles; massive, and coarse angular blocky; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19393
    IIIB33b—185 to 262 centimeters (72.8 to 103.1 inches); variegated light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2) and black (10YR 2/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; chert fragments and rounded strongly coherent cemented igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # IL19394
    IIIC—262 to 305 centimeters (103.1 to 120.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) sandy loam; very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL19395