IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bloomfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1965IL071002
  • User Pedon ID: 1965IL071002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 65IL071002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20595
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 40.9332317
  • Std. Longitude: -90.9384872
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 23
  • Location Description: Oquawka Exp.Field-center east-west along south side of field, 8 feet north of pine plant
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL071—Henderson
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL071—Henderson County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40090-H8—Oquawka, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: HLW. JDA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Lamellic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • PSC - 112 to 162 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sand
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1965 (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); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) loamy fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20298
    A21—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20299
    A22—36 to 84 centimeters (14.2 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20300
    A23—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20301
    B2t—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20302
    A2-B2t—152 to 198 centimeters (59.8 to 78.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20303
    C—198 to 229 centimeters (78.0 to 90.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # IL20304