IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Herrick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987IL027005
  • User Pedon ID: 1987IL027005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87IL027005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22040
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 38.6426250
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5748222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet N & 75 feet W of SE corner
  • Location Description: Breese Township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL027—Clinton
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL027—Clinton County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38089-F5—Saint Rose, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GWL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Herrick
  • PSC - 61 to 111 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Herrick
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1987 (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 -
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33390
    A—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33391
    AB—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33392
    Bt1—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 50 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33393
    Bt2—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct and 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and 50 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33394
    Bt3—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct and 25 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and 50 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33395
    2BC1—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and 25 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33396
    2BC2—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary.