IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Herrick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IL117008
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IL117008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80IL117008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21236
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • 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: 39.2275331
  • Std. Longitude: -89.7293783
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 14
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL117—Macoupin
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL117—Macoupin County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LS, SF, SE, DK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Herrick
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Herrick
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess and/or Illinoian till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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—48

    48—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

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27161
    A21—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; distinct iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27162
    A22—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse platy structure; friable; prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; distinct iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27163
    B1t—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; distinct iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27164
    B21t—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; distinct iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27165, IL27166. continuous - phpvsfiid 460238; continuous - phpvsfiid 460238
    B22t—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27167. continuous - phpvsfiid 460239; continuous - phpvsfiid 460239
    B31t—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium faint and 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27168. continuous - phpvsfiid 460241; continuous - phpvsfiid 460241
    B32t—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on surfaces along root channels; prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # IL27169. continuous - phpvsfiid 460242; continuous - phpvsfiid 460242