IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harpster
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982IL011060
  • User Pedon ID: 1982IL011060
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82IL011060
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21402
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.5233917
  • Std. Longitude: -89.7831111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 330 feet west and 779 feet south of northeast corner
  • Location Description: Fairfield Township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL011—Bureau
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL011—Bureau County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41089-E7—Yorktown, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David B. Rahe & Gerry J. Pomeranke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 60
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Harpster
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harpster
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Calciaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/1981
  • Classifier - DBR and GJP
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous loess
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: depression
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1981 (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

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    cambic horizon

    0—41

    25—56

    56—71

    —41—

    —31—

    —15—
    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

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    191

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    Akp—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28620
    ABk—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 10 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28621
    Bkg1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 very fine roots; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28622
    Bkg2—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 very fine roots; 10 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28623
    Cg1—71 to 132 centimeters (28.0 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt; structureless massive; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 1 percent coarse faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28624
    Cg2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silt loam; structureless massive; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # IL28625