IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bloomfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IL125006
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IL125006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84IL125006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21743
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.3760750
  • Std. Longitude: -89.9498667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet S & 2435 feet W of the NE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL125—Mason
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL125—Mason County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40089-D8—Duck Island, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WMT, WKS, PRK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Lamellic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ade
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sand deposits
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31170
    A—15 to 53 centimeters (5.9 to 20.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31171
    Bw—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL31172
    E+Bt—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; single grain, and weak medium subangular blocky; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # IL31173, IL31174. Horizon split for sampling: IL31173 76 to 152 cm, IL31174 76 to 152 cm.