IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ashdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1968IL177003
  • User Pedon ID: 1968IL177003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68IL177003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20667
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 42.3655707
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5743771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 2116 feet north and 45 feet west of southeast corner
  • 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42089-C5—Freeport East, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TMB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashdale
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashdale
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1968 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL21177
    A1—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL21178
    A3—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 50 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL21179
    B21—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL21180, IL21181. Horizon split for sampling: IL21180 38 to 48 cm, IL21181 48 to 61 cm.
    B22—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL21182
    B23—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent by volume angular chert fragments and 1 percent by volume rounded igneous, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL21183
    IIB31—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 medium roots; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL21184, IL21187, IL21185, IL21186. Horizon split for sampling: IL21184 94 to 97 cm, IL21185 97 to 102 cm, IL21186 104 to 105 cm, IL21187 105 to 112 cm.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 464333; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 464333
    IIB32—114 to 117 centimeters (44.9 to 46.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL21188
    IIC1—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # IL21189
    IIC2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6.