IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gratiot
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IL085033
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IL085033
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 76IL085033
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 42.4305366
  • Std. Longitude: -89.9476371
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 245 feet north and 707 feet west of southeast corner
  • Location Description: Nora Township
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL085—Jo Daviess
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL085—Jo Daviess County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42089-D8—Warren, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LAJ, TJO
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Fragiaquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 33
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gratiot
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gratiot
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1976 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dry; silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24451
    B1t—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24452
    IIB21t—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24453
    IIB22t—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24454
    IIB3—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24455
    IIC—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and gray (2.5Y 6/1) clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; very firm; 0.6 fine roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24456