IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Xenia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990IL045002
  • User Pedon ID: 90IL045002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P1084
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63017
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 39.5797583
  • Std. Longitude: -87.6330417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 673 feet north and 731 feet west of the SE corner
  • Location Description: AS 73
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL045—Edgar
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Bramstedt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Xenia
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Xenia
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1990 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—25

    33—122

    33—201

    —25—

    —89—

    —168—
    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

    2

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    270

    91

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse platy, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine roots; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06678. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many very fine roots
    BE—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06679. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common very fine roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; common medium faint 10YR63 mottles
    Bt1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 37 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses and 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06680. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common fine and medium faint 10YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR62 mottles
    Bt2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and 37 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses and 11 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses and 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06681. common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common medium and coarse distinct 10YR58 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles
    2Bt3—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses and 5 percent coarse faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 6 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses and 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06682. common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common medium and coarse faint 10YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles
    2Bt4—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 30 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06683. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; many fine and medium faint 10YR56 mottles
    2C1—119 to 175 centimeters (46.9 to 68.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent fine and medium irregular iron-manganese masses and 11 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 30 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P06684. split for sampling purposes with 2C2; few fine and medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common coarse distinct 10YR62 mottles; many medium and coarse distinct 10YR58 mottles
    2C2—175 to 201 centimeters (68.9 to 79.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent fine and medium irregular iron-manganese masses and 11 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 30 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P06685. split for sampling purposes with 2C1; few fine and medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common coarse distinct 10YR62 mottles; many medium and coarse distinct 10YR58 mottles