IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ashkum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IL053003
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IL053003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80IL053003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21174
  • 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: 40.4122583
  • Std. Longitude: -88.1935528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 810 feet S & 132 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 5mi SW 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-D2—Perdueville, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Linus Kiefer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashkum
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashkum
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1980
  • Classifier - L. Kiefer, B. Teater
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvial sediments on Wisconsinan till plains
  • Landscape: upland, till plain
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1980 (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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—36

    36—152

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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

    2

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    244

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak very fine granular structure; firm; many (6.0) fine roots between peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26925
    A—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; weak fine granular structure; firm; many (6.0) fine roots between peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26926
    BAg—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; many (6.0) fine roots between peds; 50 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26927. continuous - phpvsfiid 753996; continuous - phpvsfiid 753996
    Bg1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) fine roots between peds; distinct black (2.5Y 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine prominent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26928. continuous - phpvsfiid 753993; continuous - phpvsfiid 753993
    Bg2—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; strong fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) fine roots between peds; faint olive gray (5Y 4/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26929. continuous - phpvsfiid 753995; continuous - phpvsfiid 753995
    Bg3—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.6) fine roots between peds; faint olive gray (5Y 5/2) organic stains on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26930
    BCg—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; few (0.6) fine roots between peds; 50 percent distinct very dark gray (5Y 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium prominent masses of oxidized iron and 50 percent medium faint light olive gray (5Y 6/2) masses of reduced iron; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # IL26931. continuous - phpvsfiid 753992; continuous - phpvsfiid 753992