IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stronghurst
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 61IL099005a
  • User Pedon ID: 61IL099005a
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 61IL099005a
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36164
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 41.4397395
  • Std. Longitude: -89.0758982
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 568 feet south of gravel road along fence then 290 feet west, NW 160, NE 40, NE 10, SE 2 1/2
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL099—La Salle
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL099—La Salle County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.D. Alexander and H.R. Sinclair
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Stronghurst
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/14/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stronghurst
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/26/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    POA

    Poa

    bluegrass

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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

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    135

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15981
    A2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15982
    B1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; faint brown (10YR 5/3) clay films and faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats; 1 percent black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15983. continuous - phpvsfiid 393306; patchy - phpvsfiid 393307; continuous - phpvsfiid 393306; patchy - phpvsfiid 393307
    B21—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15984. continuous - phpvsfiid 393308; continuous - phpvsfiid 393308
    B22—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films; 3 percent fine black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15985. continuous - phpvsfiid 393309; continuous - phpvsfiid 393309
    B23—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds and faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 21 percent fine black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15986. continuous - phpvsfiid 393310; continuous - phpvsfiid 393311; continuous - phpvsfiid 393310; continuous - phpvsfiid 393311
    C1—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 21 percent fine black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15987
    C2—117 to 168 centimeters (46.1 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 3 percent fine black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A15988