IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chenoa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986IL113022
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IL113022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86IL113022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21965
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 40.6962167
  • Std. Longitude: -88.7220083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet west and 620 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: CLL
  • 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 #: 22
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chenoa
  • PSC - 28 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Varna
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1986
  • 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: 7/1/1986 (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

    aquic conditions

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—28

    28—48

    48—203

    74—74

    —28—

    —20—

    —155—

    —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

    3

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    —

    229

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32816
    A—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32817
    Bt1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores and 55 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses throughout and 1 percent fine faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32818
    Bt2—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 25 percent fine iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32819
    2Bt3—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses throughout and 25 percent fine distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32820
    2BC—102 to 112 centimeters (40.2 to 44.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses throughout and 10 percent fine faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 8 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-25 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32821
    2C1—112 to 122 centimeters (44.1 to 48.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses throughout and 10 percent fine faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 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; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32822
    2C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) gravelly sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; 10 percent fine faint pale olive (5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 25 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 # IL32823
    2C3—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silt loam; structureless massive; firm; 10 percent fine distinct olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 6 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 # IL32824