IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Varna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986IL113011
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IL113011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86IL113011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21957
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.7325333
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6147417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet east and 1720 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL113—McLean
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL113—McLean County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JHR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Varna
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Varna
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess and/or Wisconsinan 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

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    30—94

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    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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    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; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32760
    A—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular parts to weak fine single grain; friable; 5.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32761
    Bt1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 fine roots between peds; prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32762. continuous - phpvsfiid 428659; continuous - phpvsfiid 428659
    Bt2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32763. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428661; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428661
    Bt3—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; 1 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 medium roots between peds; distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32764. patchy - phpvsfiid 428662; patchy - phpvsfiid 428662
    BC—94 to 104 centimeters (37.0 to 40.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) medium distinct and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium prominent and 10 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; ; 10 percent medium prominent carbonate concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32765. patchy - phpvsfiid 428660; patchy - phpvsfiid 428660
    C—104 to 140 centimeters (40.9 to 55.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm; 10 percent medium prominent carbonate concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL32766