IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Binghampton
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1980IL103004
User Pedon ID:
1980IL103004
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
IL SCL
Lab Pedon # -
80IL103004
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
21180
Print Date:
1/30/2025
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:
41.7212202
Std. Longitude:
-89.4641893
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
20N
Range:
9E
Section:
16
PLSS Details:
975 feet E & 205 feet S of center
State:
Illinois
County:
IL103—Lee
MLRA:
108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
IL103—Lee County, Illinois
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
41089-F4—Walton, Illinois
PEDON
Describers Name:
DBR, SEZ
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
soil survey inventory
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Pedon #:
4
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Binghampton (flagged as OSD)
Classificaton Date -
12/10/2014
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Subclass -
aquic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Binghampton
Classificaton Date -
10/1/1979
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
loamy eolian sediments over sandy outwash over Illinoian till with Sangamon age paleosol
Landscape:
till plain, lowland
Runoff:
negligible
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/1/1979 (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
ochric epipedon
argillic horizon
0—20
20—168
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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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—
224
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90
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Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27015; observed in pit, small
B1t—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 25 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27016; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480417; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480417
B21t—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 25 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 25 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27017; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480411; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480411
B22t—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 25 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27018; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480414; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480414
B23t—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27019; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 480413; patchy - phpvsfiid 480413
IIB31t—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay bridges on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, lamotte-morgan; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL27020; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 480416; patchy - phpvsfiid 480416
IIB32t—91 to 130 centimeters (35.8 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 50 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27021; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 480418; continuous - phpvsfiid 480418
IIIA1tb—130 to 137 centimeters (51.2 to 53.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 25 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27022; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480415; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480415
IIIB2tbg—137 to 168 centimeters (53.9 to 66.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable; 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL27023; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 480412; patchy - phpvsfiid 480412