IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Varna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986IL113012
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IL113012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86IL113012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21958
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 40.6593361
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6406167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 2340 feet west and 2080 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

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RDW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Varna
  • PSC - 36 to 86 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—36

    36—99

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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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32767
    AB—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32768. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428663; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428663
    2Bt1—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium distinct and 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32769. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428664; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428664
    2Bt2—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/ medium distinct and 10 percent 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/ fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32770. patchy - phpvsfiid 428665; patchy - phpvsfiid 428665
    2Bt3—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/ medium distinct and 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/ fine distinct and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct and 25 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct and 25 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent fine prominent carbonate concretions in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32771. patchy - phpvsfiid 428666; patchy - phpvsfiid 428667; patchy - phpvsfiid 428666; patchy - phpvsfiid 428667
    2C—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; very firm; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent fine prominent carbonate concretions in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL32772