IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957IL075002
  • User Pedon ID: S1957IL075002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0212
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32741
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.7280750
  • Std. Longitude: -88.0676361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 2540 feet north and 45 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 100 feet south and 45 feet west of east quarter corner, SE 160, NE 40, NE 10, NE 2 1/2
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL075—Iroquois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL075—Iroquois County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.B. Fehrenbacher, P.R. Johnson, and J.D. Alexander
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pella (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/9/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Drummer
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/1957
  • Classifier - JBF, PRJ, and JDA
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits over stratified loamy outwash
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—43

    33—97

    43—152

    79—79

    —43—

    —64—

    —109—

    —0—
    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

    0

    —

    —

    204

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01575
    A—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; moderate and strong medium granular structure; friable; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01576
    AB—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay loam; moderate and strong medium and coarse granular structure; firm; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01577
    Btg1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 30 percent faint olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01578. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 396618; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 396618
    Btg2—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate and strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 35 percent distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01579. continuous - phpvsfiid 396619; continuous - phpvsfiid 396619
    2Btg3—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) stratified stratified loam to silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 30 percent faint gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout and 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01580. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 396620; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 396620
    2Cg1—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) stratified stratified sandy loam to silt loam to clay loam; structureless massive; friable; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout and 25 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01581
    2Cg2—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) stratified stratified sandy loam to silt loam to clay loam; structureless massive; firm; 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A01582