IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Niota
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IL073017
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IL073017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 77IL073017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20905
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.4825940
  • Std. Longitude: -90.0848681
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet E & 60 feet S of the NW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL073—Henry
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL073—Henry County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41090-D1—Atkinson, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Vertic Albaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Niota
  • PSC - 58 to 108 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Niota
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine sediments over stratified outwash
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—58

    58—114

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    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

    1

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    188

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL24807
    A21—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate coarse platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24808
    A22—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24809
    IIB21g—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; 25 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL24810
    IIB22—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) coarse prominent mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24811
    IIC1—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; 25 percent gray (5Y 6/1) coarse prominent mottles; structureless massive; very firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL24812
    IIC2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; structureless massive; very firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # IL24813