IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Symerton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL105030
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL105030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL105030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21817
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.7053722
  • Std. Longitude: -88.4705056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet W & 1500 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL105—Livingston
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL105—Livingston County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40088-F4—Forrest South, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CLL, JH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 30
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Symerton
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Symerton
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over outwash
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31619
    A—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31620
    2Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 25 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31621
    2Bt2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31622
    2Bt3—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; 25 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31623
    3Bt4—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31624
    3C1—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31625
    3C2—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silt loam; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # IL31626