IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Proctor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982IL011004
  • User Pedon ID: 1982IL011004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: SW 160 NW 40; MLRA 108B
  • Location Description: Located about 1.75 miles south of the Hennepin Canal & about 1 mile east of Coal Creek in a Waukegan (564A) map unit

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: William A. Ebert & David B. Rahe
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Proctor
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2013
  • Classifier - WAE & DBR
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over loamy outwash
  • Landscape: upland, outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/8/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    1

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    1025

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    190

    13

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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 fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); 95 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 75 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1210181; continuous - phpvsfiid 1210181
    Bt2—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 very fine roots; 75 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1210182; continuous - phpvsfiid 1210182
    Bt3—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 very fine roots; 75 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3) iron depletions in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1210183; continuous - phpvsfiid 1210183
    2Bt4—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) stratified stratified sandy loam to loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.8 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1210184; continuous - phpvsfiid 1210184
    2BCt—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) stratified stratified sandy loam to loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.1 very fine roots top of horizon; 35 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct brown (10YR 5/3) iron depletions in matrix; 3 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1210185; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1210185
    2C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) stratified stratified sandy loam to loam; massive; very friable; 8 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2.