IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Port Byron
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983IL131001
  • User Pedon ID: 1983IL131001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83IL131001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22220
  • 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: 41.0977778
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8433333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 19 meters east and 135 meters south of the northwest section corner
  • Location Description: NWNW
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL131—Mercer
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL131—Mercer County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Port Byron
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Port Byron
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/2007 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    A—22 to 35 centimeters (8.7 to 13.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    AB—35 to 47 centimeters (13.8 to 18.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 25 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427207; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427208; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427207; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427208
    Bt1—47 to 62 centimeters (18.5 to 24.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30154; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 427210; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427209; continuous - phpvsfiid 427210; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427209
    Bt2—62 to 84 centimeters (24.4 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30155; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427211; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427211
    Bt3—84 to 106 centimeters (33.1 to 41.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30156; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427212; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427212
    Bt4—106 to 123 centimeters (41.7 to 48.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427213; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427213
    BC—123 to 135 centimeters (48.4 to 53.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    C1—135 to 175 centimeters (53.1 to 68.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent fine irregular iron depletions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30157; observed in push tube
    C2—175 to 275 centimeters (68.9 to 108.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint and 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint and 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; 10 percent medium irregular iron depletions and 10 percent medium cylindrical iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30158, IL30159; observed in push tube
    C3—275 to 305 centimeters (108.3 to 120.1 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 10 percent medium irregular iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    C4—305 to 417 centimeters (120.1 to 164.2 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent medium irregular iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # IL30162, IL30161, IL30160; observed in push tube