IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wesley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL075004
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL075004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL075004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21005
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 40.9740389
  • Std. Longitude: -87.5992487
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 2261 feet S & 81 feet E of the NW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL075—Iroquois
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL075—Iroquois County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40087-H5—Donovan, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K, JBF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wesley
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Watseka
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash over silty clay lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lowland
  • Landform: lakebed, ridge
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1978 (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—38

    38—89

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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

    0.5

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    195

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25529
    A12—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25530
    B1—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 25 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25531. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480699; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480700; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480699; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480700
    B21—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 25 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25532. patchy - phpvsfiid 480703; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480702; patchy - phpvsfiid 480703; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480702
    B22—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 25 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25533. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480701; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480701
    IIB3—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); variegated light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and gray (5Y 6/1) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent medium prominent carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25534
    IIC—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); variegated light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and gray (5Y 6/1) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; structureless massive; very firm; prominent gray (5Y 6/1), moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 10 percent prominent masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # IL25535