IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chenoa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987IL113076
  • User Pedon ID: 1987IL113076
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87IL113076
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22075
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • 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: 40.4637972
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5080111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 2442 feet E & 2640 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL113—McLean
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL113—McLean County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40088-D5—Saybrook, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RDW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 76
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chenoa
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/28/2016
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chenoa
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1987
  • 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: 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

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—28

    79—152

    —28—

    —73—
    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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    259

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33663
    Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions lining pores and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33664
    Bt2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions lining pores and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron lining pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33665
    BC1—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions lining pores and 20 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33666
    2BC2—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent pressure faces; 5 percent fine distinct olive (5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 15 percent medium distinct olive (5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33667
    2C—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay; massive; very firm; 25 percent fine faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent medium distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL33668