IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Worthen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IL157009
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IL157009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 77IL157009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20886
  • 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: 37.9789176
  • Std. Longitude: -89.9625149
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1825 feet north and 10 feet east of southwest corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL157—Randolph
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL157—Randolph County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37089-H8—Kaskaskia, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CCM, GH, MEL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Worthen
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Medway
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1977 (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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    A1—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and massive; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25191
    B21—33 to 69 centimeters (13.0 to 27.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; organic stains on all faces of peds and organic stains on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25192, IL25193. Horizon split for sampling: IL25192 33 to 51 cm, IL25193 51 to 69 cm.; continuous - phpvsfiid 465254; continuous - phpvsfiid 465255; continuous - phpvsfiid 465254; continuous - phpvsfiid 465255
    B22—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25194. patchy - phpvsfiid 465256; patchy - phpvsfiid 465257; patchy - phpvsfiid 465256; patchy - phpvsfiid 465257
    B3—84 to 119 centimeters (33.1 to 46.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25195, IL25196. Horizon split for sampling: IL25195 84 to 102 cm, IL25196 102 to 119 cm.; patchy - phpvsfiid 465258; patchy - phpvsfiid 465259; patchy - phpvsfiid 465258; patchy - phpvsfiid 465259
    C1—119 to 168 centimeters (46.9 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # IL25197