IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chenoa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989IL113008
  • User Pedon ID: 1989IL113008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89IL113008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22184
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 40.3576167
  • Std. Longitude: -88.4798139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 1056 feet north and 200 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40088-C4—Foosland, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. D. W.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chenoa
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/14/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chenoa
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • Classifier - RDW
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • 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

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—28

    28—152

    28—122

    84—84

    —28—

    —124—

    —76—

    —0—
    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

    1.5

    —

    —

    227

    —

    315

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34497
    Bt1—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) iron-manganese masses throughout and 10 percent fine faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL34498
    Bt2—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) iron-manganese masses throughout and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 15 percent medium faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 15 percent fine faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL34499
    2Btg—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 30 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) iron-manganese masses throughout and 5 percent fine prominent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) iron-manganese masses throughout and 15 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-25 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.5, lamotte-morgan; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL34500
    2BCtg—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 40 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and 15 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) iron-manganese masses throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-25 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.8, lamotte-morgan; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL34501
    2Cg—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 40 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) silty clay loam; structureless massive; firm; 1 percent fine prominent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) iron-manganese masses throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-4-25 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL34502