IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988IL027062
  • User Pedon ID: 1988IL027062
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88IL027062
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22086
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.4833917
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5976944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 567 feet south and 977 feet west of northeast corner
  • 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

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DBG NES
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Aeric Endoaquepts
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 62
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Kaskaskia River alluvium
  • Landform: flood-plain step
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1987 (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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—13

    13—61

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    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

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    121.9

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33742
    Bw1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint and 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 25 percent fine faint iron depletions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33743. patchy - phpvsfiid 428089; patchy - phpvsfiid 428089
    Bw2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium platy structure; friable; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; medium prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 25 percent fine distinct iron depletions in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33744. patchy - phpvsfiid 428088; patchy - phpvsfiid 428088
    Bw3—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable; medium prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct iron depletions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33745
    Cg1—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; medium prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33746
    Cg2—81 to 137 centimeters (31.9 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint mottles; structureless massive; friable; medium prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent fine faint iron depletions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33747
    Cg3—137 to 180 centimeters (53.9 to 70.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint mottles; structureless massive; firm; medium prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent fine faint iron depletions in matrix and 25 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL33748