IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ava
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959IL135001
  • User Pedon ID: S1959IL135001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959IL135001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1407
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35015
  • 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: 39.0394440
  • Std. Longitude: -89.2794418
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet north and 100 feet west of southeast corner, NW 160, NE 40
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL135—Montgomery
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL135—Montgomery County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F.J. Carlisle, R.B. Grossman, J.B. Fehrenbacher, C.E. Downey, and G.O. Walker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fraglossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ava
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ava
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/26/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    QUERC

    Quercus

    oak

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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

    3

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    45

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    O1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A10815
    O2—7 to 8 centimeters (2.8 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2); friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A10816
    A1—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; massive; very friable; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10817
    A2—26 to 38 centimeters (10.2 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak thin platy parts to medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A10818
    B21—38 to 54 centimeters (15.0 to 21.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A10819
    B22—54 to 64 centimeters (21.3 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 10 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A10820. patchy - phpvsfiid 181100; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181101; patchy - phpvsfiid 181100; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181101
    B23&A'2—64 to 72 centimeters (25.2 to 28.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, silt coats on faces of peds and brown (10YR 5/3) clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A10821. continuous - phpvsfiid 181102; continuous - phpvsfiid 181103; continuous - phpvsfiid 181104; patchy - phpvsfiid 181105; continuous - phpvsfiid 181102; continuous - phpvsfiid 181103; continuous - phpvsfiid 181104; patchy - phpvsfiid 181105
    A'2&B'21—72 to 77 centimeters (28.3 to 30.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds and distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A10822
    B'22—77 to 102 centimeters (30.3 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films and faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10823. continuous - phpvsfiid 181109; continuous - phpvsfiid 181109
    B'31m—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A10824. continuous - phpvsfiid 181111; continuous - phpvsfiid 181111
    B'32m—122 to 145 centimeters (48.0 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A10825. continuous - phpvsfiid 181113; continuous - phpvsfiid 181113
    IIB'33m—145 to 176 centimeters (57.1 to 69.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; massive; extremely firm*; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 40A10826. continuous - phpvsfiid 181114; continuous - phpvsfiid 181114