IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Herrick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987IL027044
  • User Pedon ID: 1987IL027044
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87IL027044
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22048
  • Print Date: 4/7/2025

    • 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: 38.5372000
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6498194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet S & 100 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Lookingglass 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-E6—Trenton, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GWL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 44
  • 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 - 9/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33436
    Ap2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33437
    BA—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33438
    Bt1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 50 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33439
    Bt2—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33440
    Bt3—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33441
    2Bt4—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable; 25 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 25 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33442
    2BCg—137 to 160 centimeters (53.9 to 63.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 25 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33443
    2C—160 to 168 centimeters (63.0 to 66.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable; 25 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33444