IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Starks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1967IL111003
  • User Pedon ID: 1967IL111003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 67IL111003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20635
  • 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: 42.4529206
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6454901
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1230 feet east of center of blacktop road,295 feet south of 1/4 line south fence, east of oak
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL111—McHenry
  • MLRA: 95—Eastern Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, and Upper Michigan Drift Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL111—McHenry County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42088-D6—Capron, Illinois
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JDA, BWR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Starks
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Starks
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over outwash
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1967 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0

    274

    834

    8.2

    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 roots; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20456
    A2—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 roots; light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20457
    B1t—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20458
    B21t—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20459. continuous - phpvsfiid 464212; continuous - phpvsfiid 464212
    B22t—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20460. continuous - phpvsfiid 464213; continuous - phpvsfiid 464213
    B23t—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 pores; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, and gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20461. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 464214; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 464214
    IIB3—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) stratified stratified clay loam to gravel; 25 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20462
    IIC—124 to 140 centimeters (48.8 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20463
    IIC2—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL20464
    IIC3—160 to 185 centimeters (63.0 to 72.8 inches); variegated light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand, gravel; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL20465