IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Martinton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1965IL075002
  • User Pedon ID: 1965IL075002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 65IL075002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20583
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • 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: 40.6299118
  • Std. Longitude: -87.9651162
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 230 feet north and 1,470 feet west of southeast corner
  • Location Description: About 108FT N of road fence & 150FT W of 1/2 line field fence
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL075—Iroquois
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL075—Iroquois County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: HLW, JDA, JBF, COW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Martinton (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 12/10/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Martinton
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1965 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19873
    A1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; strong fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19874
    A3—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; strong medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19875
    B1t—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19876. continuous - phpvsfiid 429755; continuous - phpvsfiid 429755
    B21t—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19877. continuous - phpvsfiid 429757; continuous - phpvsfiid 429757
    B22t—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19878. continuous - phpvsfiid 429756; continuous - phpvsfiid 429756
    B31—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19879. continuous - phpvsfiid 429758; continuous - phpvsfiid 429758
    B32—107 to 117 centimeters (42.1 to 46.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 10 percent gray (5Y 5/1) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, and olive (5Y 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19880. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429759; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429759
    C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); variegated gray (5Y 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL19881