IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ridgeville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IL063001
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IL063001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 76IL063001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20778
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 41.2849552
  • Std. Longitude: -88.3308343
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 37 yards west of 98 ridge center, 75 yards east of southeast corner of southeast building, 164 yards south
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL063—Grundy
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL063—Grundy County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41088-C3—Coal City, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LMR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ridgeville
  • PSC - 51 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hoopeston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash
  • 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 -
    • 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); black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24216
    A12—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24217
    A3—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24218
    B21—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24219, IL24220. Horizon split for sampling: IL24219 51 to 58 cm, IL24220 58 to 66 cm.
    B22—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sandy loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24221, IL24223, IL24222. Horizon split for sampling: IL24221 66 to 76 cm, IL24222 76 to 86 cm, IL24223 86 to 102 cm.
    B3—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sandy loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24224
    C—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) fine sandy loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # IL24225