IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Montgomery
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL073045
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL073045
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0322
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45876
  • 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: 41.5551573
  • Std. Longitude: -90.0732650
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet W & 250 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: In a cultivated field
  • 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-E1—Spring Hill, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 45
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Montgomery
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Montgomery
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine sediments
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: depression
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1978 (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 -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—43

    43—140

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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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    187

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25429
    A12—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25430
    A13—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL25431
    B21g—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25432. patchy - phpvsfiid 481316; patchy - phpvsfiid 481316
    B22g—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and olive (5Y 5/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix surrounding redox concentrations; 1 percent prominent carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25433
    B23g—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 25 percent prominent carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25434
    B24g—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 25 percent prominent carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25435
    IIB3g—97 to 140 centimeters (38.2 to 55.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable; prominent carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25436
    IIC1g—140 to 150 centimeters (55.1 to 59.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; structureless massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25437
    IIC2g—150 to 178 centimeters (59.1 to 70.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; structureless massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6.