IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fox
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 90IL111003a
  • User Pedon ID: 90IL111003a
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0194
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63241
  • 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: 42.3855656
  • Std. Longitude: -88.3819867
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 45N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 11
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL111—McHenry
  • MLRA: 95—Eastern Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, and Upper Michigan Drift Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DEC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fox
  • Classificaton Date - 5/14/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dresden
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01209. few very fine roots
    Bt1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01210. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 394250; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 394251; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 394250; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 394251
    Bt2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01211. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 394252; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 394252
    Bt3—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01212. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 394253; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 394253
    Bt4—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3); weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01213. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 394254; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 394254
    BC—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) very gravelly sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01214. few very fine roots
    2C1—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01215
    2C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly sand, very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P01216