IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Herrick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960IL021003
  • User Pedon ID: S1960IL021003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1521
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35129
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 39.6489872
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4607229
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: NW 160, SW 40, SW 10; 438 feet north and 423 feet east of the SW corner of SW 10
  • Location Description: Described 10/14/60 as Clarksdale SIL (257A) in Christian County
  • Map Unit: 257A—Clarksdale silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL021—Christian
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPI—Springfield, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL021—Christian County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39089-F4—Edinburg, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F.J. Carlisle, J.B. Fehrenbacher, C.E. Downey, G.O. Walker, J.F. Steinkamp, and D.B. Phillips
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Herrick
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/20/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarksdale
  • Classificaton Date - 12/29/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Medium-textured Peoria Loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: flat
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/29/2009 (entry creation 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 Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    E

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Bt4

    Btg

    BCkg

    Cg

    0

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    25

    36

    46

    61

    84

    117

    145

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    E

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Bt4

    Btg

    BCkg

    Cg

    0

    18

    25

    36

    46

    61

    84

    117

    145

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    E

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Bt4

    Btg

    BCkg

    Cg

    0

    18

    25

    36

    46

    61

    84

    117

    145

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    46

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    36—117

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    —81—
    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

    0.5

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    1025

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    190

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay depletions and 10 percent fine faint spherical very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11918
    E—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); 50 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 50 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak thick platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 fine pores; faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans; 1 percent fine distinct irregular brown (10YR 4/3) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine faint irregular grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 25 percent fine faint spherical very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, clay depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11919
    Bt1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 fine tubular pores; distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans; distinct cylindrical light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, clay depletions and 1 percent fine faint irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine distinct spherical very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11920
    Bt2—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 fine tubular pores; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, and black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans; faint cylindrical light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay depletions and 1 percent fine distinct irregular olive (5Y 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent medium faint irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine distinct spherical very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11921
    Bt3—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; many (8.0) fine pores; prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and black (10YR 2/1) organoargillans and prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores; 1 percent medium prominent spherical very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine distinct irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent fine prominent spherical very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11922
    Bt4—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and strong medium prismatic structure; very firm; many (8.0) fine pores; prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds and distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and 5 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along pores; 1 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry, clay depletions and 21 percent fine prominent spherical very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent coarse distinct irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent coarse prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11923
    Btg—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; many (8.0) fine pores; prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds and prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores and distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 21 percent prominent spherical very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11924
    BCkg—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; friable; many (8.0) fine pores; prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores; 21 percent prominent spherical very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11925
    Cg—145 to 168 centimeters (57.1 to 66.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; massive; friable; few (0.8) fine pores; 1 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores and 10 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent prominent spherical very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent coarse prominent irregular yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # 40A11926