IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ashkum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73IL063001a
  • User Pedon ID: 73IL063001a
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2796
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37376
  • Print Date: 1/28/2025

    • 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: 41.3091854
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5522695
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: NW160, NW40, approximately 906 feet south of northwest corner of Section 28 and 627 feet east of center of road and about 10 feet south of bank of strip mine.
  • Location Description: About 1 miles west and about 1 1/2 miles north of Carbon Hill, Illinois.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL063—Grundy
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL063—Grundy County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Mollic Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashkum
  • PSC - 48 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orio
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/4/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    991

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    11.7

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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22071
    A21—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loamy sand; weak thin platy structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22072
    B2—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) sandy loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) prominent mottles; moderate medium platy structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; 3 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22073
    B21—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) sandy clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent and 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22074. continuous - phpvsfiid 395009; continuous - phpvsfiid 395009
    B21g—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) loamy sand; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22075. continuous - phpvsfiid 395010; continuous - phpvsfiid 395010
    B3g—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) sand; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22076. patchy - phpvsfiid 395012; patchy - phpvsfiid 395012
    Cg—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; massive; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A22077