IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IL143027
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IL143027
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81IL143027
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21365
  • Print Date: 4/18/2025

    • 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: 40.8721447
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5432798
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 285 feet east and 340 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL143—Peoria
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL143—Peoria County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MBW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 27
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy alluvium
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1981 (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

    0—18

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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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy sand; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28376
    BA—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28377. continuous - phpvsfiid 460441; continuous - phpvsfiid 460441
    B1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28378. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460442; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460442
    B2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28379
    BC—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28380
    C—91 to 155 centimeters (35.8 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; structureless single grain; loose; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL28381