IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chenoa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986IL113008
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IL113008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86IL113008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21954
  • 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: 40.7077750
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6708000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 820 feet north and 250 feet west 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-F6—Chenoa, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JKH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chenoa
  • PSC - 28 to 56 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
  • Classifier - JKH
  • 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

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—28

    28—218

    28—56

    81—81

    —28—

    —190—

    —28—

    —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

    0

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    —

    223

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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; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32738
    A—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32739
    Bt1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32740
    Bt2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 35 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) iron-manganese masses throughout and 10 percent fine faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 6.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32741
    Bt3—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 35 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) iron-manganese masses throughout and 10 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32742
    2BCt—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) iron-manganese masses throughout and 25 percent medium prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), 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; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32743
    2C—97 to 218 centimeters (38.2 to 85.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; structureless massive; firm; 25 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent medium carbonate concretions throughout; 3 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 8.1, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL32744, IL32745. Horizon split for sampling: IL32745 97 to 218 cm, IL32744 97 to 218 cm.