IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elliott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IL019009
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IL019009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 76IL019009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20796
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.3960893
  • Std. Longitude: -88.0687251
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet south and 2490 feet west of northeast corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL019—Champaign
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL019—Champaign County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40088-D1—Paxton, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CCC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elliott
  • PSC - 28 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elliott
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1976 (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 -
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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    2Bt3

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    28

    36

    51

    74

    86

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    28

    36

    51

    74

    86

    152

    IL24146

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    IL24148

    IL24149

    IL24150

    IL24151

    IL24152

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    60

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    48

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    A

    Bt1

    2Bt2

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    2BCt

    2C

    0

    20

    28

    36

    51

    74

    86

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    36

    51

    74

    86

    152

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    A

    Bt1

    2Bt2

    2Bt3

    2BCt

    2C

    0

    20

    28

    36

    51

    74

    86

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    36

    51

    74

    86

    152

    IL24146

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—28

    28—74

    36—

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    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

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 8 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24146
    A—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 8 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24147
    Bt1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 12 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24148
    2Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 20 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 1 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24149
    2Bt3—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 1 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24150
    2BCt—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24151
    2C—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 5 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # IL24152