IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Selma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL105039
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL105039
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL105039
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21820
  • Print Date: 5/12/2025

    • 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: 40.8083861
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5674028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 640 feet W & 2520 feet N of the 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-G5—Southeast Pontiac, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SH, MLK, JKH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 39
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Selma
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Selma
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • 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 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—41

    41—117

    41—117

    —41—

    —76—

    —76—
    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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    —

    200

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31642
    A—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; 25 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31643
    Btg1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 25 percent faint very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; ; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31644
    Btg2—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; 25 percent faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine prominent noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31645
    Btg3—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; 10 percent faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 15 percent medium prominent noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31646
    BCg—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 fine roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 27 percent medium prominent noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31647
    Cg—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; very friable; 25 percent medium prominent noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter. Lab sample # IL31648