IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Swygert
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989IL105005
  • User Pedon ID: 89IL-105-005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89IL105005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22178
  • 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: 40.7836806
  • Std. Longitude: -88.4491722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet south and 100 feet east of northwest corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL105—Livingston
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL105—Livingston County, Illinois
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.M.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Swygert
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Swygert
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess and/or Wisconsinan till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1988 (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

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    38—56

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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

    3

    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34463
    ABt—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34464. continuous - phpvsfiid 1099711; continuous - phpvsfiid 1099711
    Btg1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate extremely coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint iron-manganese masses in matrix and 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron in matrix and 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34465. continuous - phpvsfiid 1099712; patchy - phpvsfiid 1099713; continuous - phpvsfiid 1099712; patchy - phpvsfiid 1099713
    Btg2—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34466. continuous - phpvsfiid 1099715; continuous - phpvsfiid 1099716; continuous - phpvsfiid 1099715; continuous - phpvsfiid 1099716
    BCtg—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 25 percent medium faint N 5/1 (N 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron in matrix and 25 percent medium faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34467. patchy - phpvsfiid 1099714; patchy - phpvsfiid 1099714
    2Cg—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; structureless massive; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 25 percent medium faint N 6/1 (N 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron in matrix and 25 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL34468