IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974IL197001
  • User Pedon ID: 74IL-197-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74IL197001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20765
  • Print Date: 5/13/2025

    • 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: 41.4369289
  • Std. Longitude: -88.1443253
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 29 1/2 feet north of plot marker at southeast corner of 3rd plot north of southeast corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL197—Will
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL197—Will County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41088-D2—Channahon, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JBF, JDA, BWR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/5/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1974 (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

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—48

    48—107

    48—130

    —48—

    —59—

    —82—
    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

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    183

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22918
    A—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22919
    BA—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22920. continuous - phpvsfiid 1092131; continuous - phpvsfiid 1092131
    Btg1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22921. continuous - phpvsfiid 1092133; continuous - phpvsfiid 1092133
    Btg2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22922. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092132; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092132
    Btg3—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22923. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092129; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092129
    BCt—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 25 percent fine prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22924. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092130; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092130
    Cg—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # IL22925