IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ruark
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IL075014
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IL075014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 76IL075014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20823
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 365 feet west of center line of old Route 1
  • Location Description: 1/2 mile south of Milford
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL075—Iroquois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL075—Iroquois County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: HK, JP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Mollic Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ruark
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orio
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1976
  • 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: 9/1/1976 (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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24381
    A2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak thick platy structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 10 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24382
    B1—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 10 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24383
    B21t—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24384
    B22t—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; strong medium prismatic, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24385
    B23t—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; strong medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 roots; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24386
    B3—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24387
    C—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # IL24388