IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974IL075001
  • User Pedon ID: 1974IL075001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74IL075001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20758
  • Print Date: 11/13/2025

    • 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: 40.5397099
  • Std. Longitude: -88.0591137
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 176 feet north and 2,190 feet west of the center
  • Location Description: 990 feet east of center of Rt.45, 176 feet north of 1/2 mile fence line
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL075—Iroquois
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL075—Iroquois County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40088-E1—Buckley, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JEP, JDA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Mollic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Monee
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monee
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1974 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22959
    A2—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine platy structure; friable; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22960
    B21t—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22961. continuous - phpvsfiid 464739; continuous - phpvsfiid 464739
    B22t—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22962. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 464740; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 464740
    B23t—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22963. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 464741; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 464741
    B31—99 to 119 centimeters (39.0 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 25 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22964. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 464742; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 464742
    B32—119 to 142 centimeters (46.9 to 55.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22965. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 464743; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 464743
    C—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; massive; very firm; 25 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL22966