IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Varna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987IL113103
  • User Pedon ID: 1987IL113103
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87IL113103
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22079
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 40.4479944
  • Std. Longitude: -88.7696389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1740 feet N & 1520 feet W of SE 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-D7—Holder, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: PW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic oxyaquic argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 103
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Varna
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Varna
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over heavy till
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1987 (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 brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33691
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33692
    Bt2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 10 percent greenish gray (5GY 5/1) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume rounded mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33693
    BC—53 to 102 centimeters (20.9 to 40.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent greenish gray (5GY 5/1) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium carbonate concretions; 1 percent by volume rounded mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33694
    C—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine prominent mottles; massive; very firm; 1 percent by volume rounded mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL33695