IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Worthen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL149021
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL149021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL149021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21889
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 39.7546806
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2573250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 1650 feet E & 825 feet S of the NW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL149—Pike
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL149—Pike County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39091-G3—Marblehead, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MEL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Worthen
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Worthen
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty alluvium
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1985 (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 -
    • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32149
    A—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32150
    AB—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32151
    Bw1—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32152
    Bw2—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32153
    Bw3—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # IL32154