IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chenoa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987IL113069
  • User Pedon ID: 1987IL113069
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87IL113069
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22074
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.6335778
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5789667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 1221 feet W & 924 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: RDW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 69
  • 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 - Chenoa
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1987
  • Classifier - RDW
  • 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: 7/1/1987 (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—99

    41—152

    74—74

    —30—

    —58—

    —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

    1.5

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    —

    234

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33657
    BA—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33658
    Bt1—41 to 74 centimeters (16.1 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions throughout and 5 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 5 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33659
    2Bt2—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions throughout and 5 percent medium distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume subangular mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33660
    2BCt—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); 60 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and 40 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions throughout and 5 percent fine prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions throughout; 2 percent by volume subangular mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL33661
    2C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); 45 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and 30 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) and 25 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) silty clay loam; structureless massive; very firm; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions throughout; 2 percent by volume subangular mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL33662