IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beecher
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1968IL043003
  • User Pedon ID: 1968IL043003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68IL043003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20648
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 41.7012599
  • Std. Longitude: -87.9919648
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 360 feet north of southeast corner 236 feet west to site
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL043—DuPage
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL043—DuPage County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41087-F8—Sag Bridge, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JBF, JDA, BWR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Udollic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Beecher
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beecher
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1968 (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 gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate coarse granular structure; friable; 6.0 roots; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20947
    A2—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak coarse platy, and moderate coarse granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 1 percent masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20948
    B1t—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20949. continuous - phpvsfiid 464278; continuous - phpvsfiid 464278
    B21t—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20950. continuous - phpvsfiid 464279; continuous - phpvsfiid 464279
    IIB22t—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam, gravel; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20951. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 464280; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 464280
    IIB31—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam, gravel; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; coarse platy, and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20952. patchy - phpvsfiid 464281; patchy - phpvsfiid 464281
    IIB32—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam, gravel; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; coarse platy, and very coarse angular blocky structure; firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, and gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20953. patchy - phpvsfiid 464282; patchy - phpvsfiid 464282
    IIC—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam, gravel; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; very coarse platy, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL20954