IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chenoa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986IL113007
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IL113007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86IL113007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21953
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • 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: 40.7352278
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6133722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet west and 150 feet south of the center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL113—McLean
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL113—McLean County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40088-F5—Fairbury, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CLL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chenoa
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elliott thick L
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1986 (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

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—25

    25—86

    71—71

    —25—

    —61—

    —0—
    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

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    180

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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; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32730
    AB—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32731
    Bt1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores and 30 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32732
    Bt2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 55 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 15 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 25 percent fine prominent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32733
    Bt3—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 40 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 25 percent fine prominent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) iron-manganese masses throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32734
    2Bt4—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 25 percent medium faint light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-4-25 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32735
    2C—86 to 175 centimeters (33.9 to 68.9 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) silt loam; 25 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) medium faint mottles; structureless massive; firm; 25 percent medium faint light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-25 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL32736, IL32737. Horizon split for sampling: IL32737 86 to 175 cm, IL32736 86 to 175 cm.