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:
11/11/2024
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