IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Camden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953IL131002
  • User Pedon ID: S1953IL131002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1953IL131002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2742
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37322
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 41.2241669
  • Std. Longitude: -90.9552765
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SW 40, SW 10, on north side of gravel road in 3 foot road bank with 2 foot cut, 100 feet east of center of T-road (also fence to north) and 25 feet west of electric power line pole.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL131—Mercer
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL131—Mercer County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.H. Beavers, R.T. Odell, H.L. Wascher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Camden
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Camden
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    POA

    Poa

    bluegrass

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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

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    175

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; thin platy structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21557
    A21—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; thin platy parts to granular structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21558
    A22—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; thin platy parts to granular structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21559
    B1—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silty clay loam; subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21560
    B21—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; subangular blocky structure; faint light gray (10YR 7/2) coats; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21561
    B22—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; subangular blocky structure; faint light gray (10YR 7/2) coats; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21562
    B3—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21563
    C1—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay loam; thick platy structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21564
    Cu1—97 to 109 centimeters (38.2 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weakly cemented; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21565
    Cu2—109 to 122 centimeters (42.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21566. Not sampled.
    Cu3—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21567. Not sampled.