IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chenoa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987IL113048
  • User Pedon ID: 1987IL113048
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87IL113048
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22073
  • 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: 40.6316222
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5777833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet W & 200 feet N of the SE 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-F5—Fairbury, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 48
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chenoa
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/13/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elliott deep Variant
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1987
  • 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: 4/1/1987 (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 -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—30

    41—91

    41—152

    76—76

    —30—

    —50—

    —111—

    —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

    1

    —

    —

    234

    —

    270

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine granular, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33649
    A—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33650
    BA—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 50 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33651
    Bt1—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine iron-manganese masses throughout and 5 percent fine strongly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions throughout and 10 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33652
    Bt2—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 35 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine iron-manganese masses throughout and 5 percent fine strongly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions throughout and 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33653
    2Bt3—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 30 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine iron-manganese masses throughout and 5 percent fine strongly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions throughout and 10 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume subangular mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33654
    2BCt—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent gray (5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 3 percent by volume subangular mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33655
    2C—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; structureless massive; very firm; 1 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent gray (5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 3 percent by volume subangular mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL33656