IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Ipava
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1981IL115053
User Pedon ID:
1981IL115053
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
IL SCL
Lab Pedon # -
81IL115053
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
21349
Print Date:
1/31/2025
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:
39.9649671
Std. Longitude:
-89.1253953
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
18N
Range:
1E
Section:
31
PLSS Details:
1240 feet north and 250 feet west of the southeast corner
Map Unit:
43A—Ipava silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
Country:
US—United States
State:
Illinois
County:
IL115—Macon
MLRA:
108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
Regional Office:
NC—North Central
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NC-SPI—Springfield, Illinois
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
IL115—Macon County, Illinois
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
39089-H2—Latham, Illinois
PEDON
Describers Name:
JCD
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
soil survey inventory
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Pedon #:
53
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Ipava
PSC -
41 to 91 cm.
Classificaton Date -
6/8/2009
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eleventh edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
aquic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Ipava
Classificaton Date -
10/1/1981
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
loess
Landscape:
till plain
Landform:
ground moraine
Geomorphic Component Flats:
talf
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/1/1981 (entry creation date)
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
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
argillic horizon
0—41
41—91
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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
—
—
—
—
890
—
170
11
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28188
A—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; distinct black (10YR 2/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28189
Bt1—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28190
Bt2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds and distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28191
Bt3—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent spherical iron-manganese masses in matrix and 1 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28192
Btg4—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28193
BC—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28194
Cg—109 to 193 centimeters (42.9 to 76.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; friable; distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # IL28195, IL28196