IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989IL025041
  • User Pedon ID: 1989IL025041
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89IL025041
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22259
  • 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: 38.8658333
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5413889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 453 meters south and 302 meters west of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Blair Township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL025—Clay
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL025—Clay County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TJE
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 41
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holton
  • Classificaton Date - 9/21/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/2007 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—10

    10—76

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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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    142

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate very coarse granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds and 3.0 fine roots between peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses in matrix and 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34172
    Bw1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 40 percent brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint and 25 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds and 3.0 fine roots between peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses in matrix and 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34173
    Bw2—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) stratified stratified silt loam to loam; 10 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint and 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium faint mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds and 0.6 fine roots between peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses in matrix and 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34174
    Bw3—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) stratified stratified silt loam to loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds and 0.6 fine roots between peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses in matrix and 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34175
    C1—76 to 127 centimeters (29.9 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) stratified stratified silt loam to loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds and 0.6 fine roots between peds; 10 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear boundary. Lab sample # IL34176
    C2—127 to 170 centimeters (50.0 to 66.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 10 percent medium irregular iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # IL34177