IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IL075005
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IL075005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 76IL075005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20818
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.8458790
  • Std. Longitude: -87.7678042
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 110 feet north and 210 feet east of southwest corner
  • Location Description: 4 mi north and 1.5 mile west of Watseka
  • 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: 40087-G7—Crescent City, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JS, DF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/29/2019
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilford
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • 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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—38

    38—122

    —38—

    —84—
    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

    0

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    192

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) very fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24325; observed in push tube
    A—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24326; observed in push tube
    BA—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24327; observed in push tube
    Bg1—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24328; observed in push tube
    Bg2—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24329; observed in push tube
    BCg—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24330; observed in push tube
    C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) loamy fine sand; single grain; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL24331; observed in push tube