IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Varna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989IL113007
  • User Pedon ID: 1989IL113007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89IL113007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22183
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 40.3605250
  • Std. Longitude: -88.4659722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 2079 feet north and 1551 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL113—McLean
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL113—McLean County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. D. W.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Varna
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Varna
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1988 (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—23

    23—94

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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

    3

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish olive (10Y 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; ; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL34491
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, lamotte-morgan; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL34492. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428657; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428657
    Bt2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, lamotte-morgan; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL34493. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428655; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428655
    Bt3—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, lamotte-morgan; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL34494. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428658; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428658
    BC—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) medium distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 25 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, lamotte-morgan; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL34495. patchy - phpvsfiid 428656; patchy - phpvsfiid 428656
    C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; structureless massive; firm; 10 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL34496