IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957IL091001
  • User Pedon ID: S1957IL091001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36159
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 41.2865333
  • Std. Longitude: -87.8779250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet north and 50 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: 125 feet east of paved road and 50 feet south of northwest corner of NW 10, NW 40, SW 160
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL091—Kankakee
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL091—Kankakee County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41087-C8—Wilton Center, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.E. Paschke and D.E. Hallbick
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/26/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Reddick
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/1957
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits over till
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row 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

    0—36

    36—94

    —36—

    —58—
    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

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    —

    203

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15941
    A—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15942
    BAg—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 21 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15943. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 392999; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 392999
    Btg1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; faint clay films and 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions throughout and 21 percent fine distinct very dark gray (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15944. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 393000; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 393000
    Btg2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; faint clay films and 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions throughout and 21 percent medium prominent dark gray (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15945. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 393002; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 393002
    Bg—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions throughout and 10 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15946
    Cg1—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); gray (N 5/0) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 21 percent fine iron-manganese concretions throughout and 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15947
    2Cg2—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and gray (N 6/0) silty clay loam; massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A15948