IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hoopeston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IL137040
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IL137040
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81IL137040
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21363
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 39.8730466
  • Std. Longitude: -90.4854816
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 380 feet east and 1100 feet south of northwest corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL137—Morgan
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL137—Morgan County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 40
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hoopeston
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Watseka
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: lowland
  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1981 (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

    cambic horizon

    0—28

    28—69

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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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28360
    B1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28361. patchy - phpvsfiid 460488; patchy - phpvsfiid 460488
    B2—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose; 0.6 fine roots between peds; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28362. patchy - phpvsfiid 460489; patchy - phpvsfiid 460489
    C1—69 to 107 centimeters (27.2 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse distinct and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; structureless single grain; loose; 0.6 fine roots between peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    C2—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct mottles; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog.