IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rowe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 77IL075008
  • User Pedon ID: 77IL075008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2782
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37362
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.4883605
  • Std. Longitude: -88.0997540
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 149 feet N and 432 feet W of SE corner
  • Location Description: About 1.5 miles SW of Loda.
  • Map Unit: 230A—Rowe silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes230A—Rowe silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes230A—Rowe silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL075—Iroquois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL053—Ford County, IllinoisIL075—Iroquois County, IllinoisIL183—Vermilion County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Kreznor.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rowe (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rowe
  • Classificaton Date - 8/28/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: dead ice moraine
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/28/1977 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    914

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    10.6

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21966
    A12—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21967
    B1t—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 75 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21968
    B21t—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 75 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21969. Dark gray (10YR 4/1) slickensides.
    B22t—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21970. Dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) slickensides.
    B3t—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 3 percent gray (5Y 5/1) fine distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 30 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A21971
    C—122 to 160 centimeters (48.0 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and gray (5Y 5/1) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; massive; 3 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A21972. Few fine dark accumulations (Fe & Mn oxides).