IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chenoa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986IL113009
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IL113009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86IL113009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21955
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.6938278
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6485722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 2150 feet west and 1680 feet south of the northeast corner
  • 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: GWL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chenoa
  • PSC - 36 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/9/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Varna
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1986
  • Classifier - GWL
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: till plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • 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—36

    36—155

    36—51

    69—69

    —36—

    —119—

    —15—

    —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

    2

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    —

    226

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    0

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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; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32746
    A—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32747
    Bt1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 20 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and 55 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) iron-manganese masses throughout and 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32748
    Bt2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct 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; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32749
    2Bt3—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/1), 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 # IL32750
    2BCt—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 4 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) iron-manganese masses throughout and 10 percent fine prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/1), 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; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32751
    2C—99 to 155 centimeters (39.0 to 61.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silt loam; structureless massive; firm; 1 percent fine prominent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) iron-manganese masses throughout and 10 percent medium prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-25 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL32752, IL32753. Horizon split for sampling: IL32753 94 to 155 cm, IL32752 99 to 155 cm.