IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Varna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IL019029
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IL019029
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 77IL019029
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20852
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.3992642
  • Std. Longitude: -88.2636399
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 45 feet south and 2210 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: 45 feet south and 430 feet west of the northeast corner of the northwest 1/4 of Section 2
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL019—Champaign
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL019—Champaign County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40088-D3—Gibson City East, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 29
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Varna
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Varna
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1977 (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), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24587
    A3—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24588
    B21t—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24589
    B22t—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores and 25 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24590
    B31t—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; 50 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24591
    B32t—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 25 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24592
    C—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; very firm; 25 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # IL24593