IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Varna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988IL105005
  • User Pedon ID: 1988IL105005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88IL105005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22123
  • 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: 41.0203528
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5155333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1940 feet west and 50 feet south northeast corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL105—Livingston
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL105—Livingston County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: PB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Varna
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wenona
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess and/or Wisconsinan till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1987 (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

    0—20

    20—99

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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

    7

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34012
    Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34013. continuous - phpvsfiid 428649; continuous - phpvsfiid 428649
    Bt2—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34014. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428650; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428650
    Bt3—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34015. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428651; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428651
    Bt4—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34016. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428654; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428654
    Bt5—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34017. patchy - phpvsfiid 428653; patchy - phpvsfiid 428653
    BC—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34018. patchy - phpvsfiid 428652; patchy - phpvsfiid 428652
    C—114 to 132 centimeters (44.9 to 52.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine faint and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; structureless massive; friable; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL34019
    2C—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); silty clay loam; structureless massive; fragments. Lab sample # IL34020