IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Catlin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IL113053
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IL113053
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0215
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59511
  • User Project ID: 67340
  • Project Name: SDJR - MLRA 108A - Catlin silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • Print Date: 10/31/2024
  • 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: 40.4729028
  • Std. Longitude: -89.0764111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 330 feet E and 70 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL113—McLean
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-AUR—Aurora, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL113—McLean County, Illinois
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RDW and BSK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 53
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Catlin
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Catlin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over loamy till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bt1

    2C

    0

    41

    114

    28

    66

    152

    87P01103

    87P01104

    87P01105

    NSSC

    NSSC

    NSSC

    25.4

    30.9

    27.5

    0

    72.6

    66.8

    49.5

    44

    38.2

    36.5

    28.6

    28.6

    13

    2

    2.3

    23

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    0

    0

    2.6

    0.3

    0.4

    2.6

    0.6

    0.5

    5

    0.4

    0.4

    6.7

    0.7

    1

    6.1

    sil

    sicl

    cl

    7.1

    7.1

    8.1

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    Bt1

    2C

    0

    41

    114

    28

    66

    152

    87P01103

    87P01104

    87P01105

    6.5

    6.4

    7.6

    0.03

    0.04

    0.02

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    Bt1

    2C

    0

    41

    114

    28

    66

    152

    87P01103

    87P01104

    87P01105

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    41—66

    —41—

    —25—

    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

    180

    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01103
    AB—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; 37 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01104. Few fine Fe-Mn accumulations.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds
    Bt2—66 to 104 centimeters (26.0 to 40.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Few fine Fe-Mn accumulations.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles
    2BC—104 to 114 centimeters (40.9 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Few fine Fe-Mn accumulations.; very few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles
    2C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P01105. Few fine Fe-Mn accumulations and lime masses.; few medium prominent 10YR56 mottles; common fine and medium distinct 10YR52 mottles