IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bonfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 72IL091002
  • User Pedon ID: 72IL091002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2799
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37379
  • 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: 41.1177985
  • Std. Longitude: -88.0675310
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 30 feet north and 30 feet east of the SW corner
  • Location Description: About 1 mile west and 2 miles south of Bonfield, Illinois.
  • Map Unit: 493A—Bonfield loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL091—Kankakee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL091—Kankakee County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bonfield (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bonfield
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/4/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22097
    AB—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; black (10YR 2/1), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22098. continuous - phpvsfiid 385855; continuous - phpvsfiid 385855
    B2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; 21 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine faint mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22099. continuous - phpvsfiid 385856; continuous - phpvsfiid 385856
    IIB2—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22100
    IIC—66 to 127 centimeters (26.0 to 50.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) very cobbly fine sandy loam; massive; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A22101