IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Port Byron
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983IL131002
  • User Pedon ID: 1983IL131002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83IL131002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22221
  • 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: 41.0758333
  • Std. Longitude: -90.7986111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 480 meters east and 675 meters north of the southwest section corner
  • Location Description: SWSW
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL131—Mercer
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • 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 #: 2
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    A1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 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
    A2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427214; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427214
    Bt1—51 to 68 centimeters (20.1 to 26.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), 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 427215; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427216; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427215; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427216
    Bt2—68 to 88 centimeters (26.8 to 34.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), 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. Lab sample # IL30163; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427217; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427218; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427217; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427218
    Bt3—88 to 104 centimeters (34.6 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30164; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427219; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427219
    Bt4—104 to 133 centimeters (40.9 to 52.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak 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 # IL30165; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427220; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427220
    BC—133 to 179 centimeters (52.4 to 70.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 1 percent fine iron depletions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30166; observed in push tube
    C1—179 to 290 centimeters (70.5 to 114.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent fine iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30168, IL30167; observed in push tube
    C2—290 to 355 centimeters (114.2 to 139.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent fine iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # IL30169, IL30170; observed in push tube