IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IL053002
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IL053002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80IL053002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21173
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.4149030
  • Std. Longitude: -88.0201624
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet S & 320 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 5mi SE of Paxton
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL053—Ford
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL053—Ford County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40088-D1—Paxton, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over Wisconsinan silty clay loam till
  • Landform: till plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1980 (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 Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    E

    Bt1

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    2Bt4

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    36

    48

    61

    74

    89

    122

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    48

    61

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    89

    122

    152

    IL26917

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    IL26919

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    University of Illinois Soil Characterization Lab

    University of Illinois Soil Characterization Lab

    University of Illinois Soil Characterization Lab

    University of Illinois Soil Characterization Lab

    University of Illinois Soil Characterization Lab

    University of Illinois Soil Characterization Lab

    University of Illinois Soil Characterization Lab

    University of Illinois Soil Characterization Lab

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    hydrometer

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    E

    Bt1

    Bt2

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    2Bt4

    2BCt

    2C

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    36

    48

    61

    74

    89

    122

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    48

    61

    74

    89

    122

    152

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    IL26919

    IL26920

    IL26921

    IL26922

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    E

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    2Bt4

    2BCt

    2C

    0

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    36

    48

    61

    74

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    122

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    89

    122

    152

    IL26917

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    IL26920

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    36—122

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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

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26917
    E—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak very fine platy structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26918
    Bt1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; strong very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 50 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26919. continuous - phpvsfiid 1121729; continuous - phpvsfiid 1121729
    Bt2—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 50 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26920. continuous - phpvsfiid 1121730; continuous - phpvsfiid 1121730
    Bt3—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 50 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26921. continuous - phpvsfiid 1121731; continuous - phpvsfiid 1121731
    2Bt4—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 50 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26922. continuous - phpvsfiid 1121734; continuous - phpvsfiid 1121734
    2BCt—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 50 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and 50 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26923. continuous - phpvsfiid 1121727; continuous - phpvsfiid 1121728; continuous - phpvsfiid 1121727; continuous - phpvsfiid 1121728
    2C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; structureless massive; firm; 50 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL26924. continuous - phpvsfiid 1121732; continuous - phpvsfiid 1121733; continuous - phpvsfiid 1121732; continuous - phpvsfiid 1121733