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:
11/12/2024
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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
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199
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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