IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Martinton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL075009
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL075009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL075009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21008
  • 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: 40.5468349
  • Std. Longitude: -87.7737488
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet N & 2235 feet W of SE corner
  • Location Description: 400FT N & 405FT E of SW field corner in SE1/4 of Sec.12
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL075—Iroquois
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL075—Iroquois County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40087-E7—Claytonville, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WK, DF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Martinton
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Martinton
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous silt loam lacustrine material over silt loam till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: lake plain
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—43

    43—142

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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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    204

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25569
    A3—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25570
    B21t—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25571. continuous - phpvsfiid 481277; continuous - phpvsfiid 481277
    B22t—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25572. continuous - phpvsfiid 481275; continuous - phpvsfiid 481275
    IIB3t—74 to 142 centimeters (29.1 to 55.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint and 25 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) medium faint mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 25 percent faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25573. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481276; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481276
    IIC—142 to 269 centimeters (55.9 to 105.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 10 percent gray (5Y 5/1) medium distinct and 10 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) medium faint mottles; structureless massive; firm; 1 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL25574