IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nachusa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IL103001
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IL103001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 76IL103001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20835
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 41.7120703
  • Std. Longitude: -89.3974231
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1090 feet south and 1045 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: 1550 feet north and 1045 feet east of the southwest corner of the northwest 1/4, Amboy Township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL103—Lee
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL103—Lee County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41089-F4—Walton, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: HWG, SEZ
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nachusa
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed 646
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1976 (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 gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24464
    A12—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24465
    IIB1t—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine faint and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume rounded mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24466. continuous - phpvsfiid 464860; continuous - phpvsfiid 464860
    IIB21t—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume rounded mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24467. continuous - phpvsfiid 464861; continuous - phpvsfiid 464861
    IIB22t—55 to 104 centimeters (21.7 to 40.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine prominent mottles; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24468
    IIB23t—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24469. continuous - phpvsfiid 464863; continuous - phpvsfiid 464863
    IIB3—127 to 178 centimeters (50.0 to 70.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24470