IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Herrick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974IL021001
  • User Pedon ID: 1974IL021001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74IL021001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20755
  • 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: 39.4330529
  • Std. Longitude: -89.3654390
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 36 feet west and 1308 feet south of northeast corner
  • Location Description: 36 feet west and 12 feet north of southeast corner of northeast 40 acres
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL021—Christian
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL021—Christian County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39089-D3—Clarksdale, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JSL, JBF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Herrick
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Herrick
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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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    A1—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23011
    A2—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23012
    B1t—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23013. continuous - phpvsfiid 464759; continuous - phpvsfiid 464759
    B21t—46 to 53 centimeters (18.1 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23014. continuous - phpvsfiid 464760; continuous - phpvsfiid 464760
    B22t—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23015. continuous - phpvsfiid 464761; continuous - phpvsfiid 464761
    B23t—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23016
    B31t—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23017
    B32—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL23018
    C—145 to 157 centimeters (57.1 to 61.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # IL23019