IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harpster
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983IL143069
  • User Pedon ID: 1983IL143069
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - LIMS
  • Lab Pedon # - 83IL143069
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21639
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 40.9158361
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6513639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet north and 1900 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: SW 160, SE 40, SE 10
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL143—Peoria
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL143—Peoria County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40089-H6—Edelstein, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Michael J. Walczynski & Charles L. Love
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 69
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Harpster
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harpster
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Calciaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/1983
  • Classifier - MJW and CLL
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: depression
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/1983 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: MJW and CLL
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    cambic horizon

    0—30

    0—89

    89—117

    —30—

    —89—

    —28—
    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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    215.5

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    Akp—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 25 percent medium shell fragments throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30205
    Ak—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 10 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium shell fragments throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30206
    Bkg1—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 very fine roots; 35 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent medium shell fragments throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30207
    Bkg2—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses throughout and 25 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent medium shell fragments throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30208
    Bkg3—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.8 very fine roots; 5 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses throughout and 25 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent medium shell fragments throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30209
    Ckg—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; structureless massive; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 10 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses throughout and 10 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent medium shell fragments throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # IL30210