IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991IL113007
  • User Pedon ID: 91IL113007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0229
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63276
  • Print Date: 3/13/2025

    • 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: 40.4119720
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8619995
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 660 feet S and 198 feet E of the NW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL113—McLean

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Aquic Udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Orion
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orion
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Aquic Udifluve
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1991 (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); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01414
    A—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01415. few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR54 mottles
    C1—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01416. many thin strata of light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); few faint organic stains on faces of peds; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR54 mottles
    C2—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium platy structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01417. many thin strata of light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); few fine stains and concretions (iron and manganese oxides) and few faint organic stains on faces of peds; many fine and medium distinct 10YR52 mottles
    Ab—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); black (N 2/0) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P01418. few fine stains and concretions (iron and manganese oxides); few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles