IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cowden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960IL135003
  • User Pedon ID: S1960IL135003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1864
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36022
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 39.1088905
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4305573
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: NW 160, SE 40, NW 10, 438 feet south and 260 feet east of point which is in center of State Highway 185 and directly in front (south) of the center of farm house located on north side of Highway 185.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL135—Montgomery
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL135—Montgomery County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F.J. Carlisle, J.B. Fehrenbacher, C.E. Downey, G.O. Walker, D.B. Phillips, and J.F. Steinkamp
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowden
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/1960
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/1960 (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
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; massive parts to weak coarse granular; friable; 0.5 tubular pores; 3 percent medium very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron concretions and 21 percent fine very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14868
    A21—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); 60 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 40 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), gray (10YR 6/1) and gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate and strong medium platy structure; friable; 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron concretions and 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14869
    A22—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 20 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 20 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), light gray (10YR 7/1) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; friable; fine tubular pores; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14870
    A2&B—43 to 48 centimeters (16.9 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/1) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films; 21 percent fine very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron concretions and 21 percent fine very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14871
    B2&A2—48 to 53 centimeters (18.9 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and gray (10YR 6/1) and gray (10YR 5/1), light gray (10YR 7/1) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; strong fine and medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 21 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron concretions and 21 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14872
    B21—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam, silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 21 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine prominent mottles; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine pores; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1) clay films; 21 percent fine very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron concretions and 21 percent fine very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14873
    B22—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dry; silty clay loam; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine pores; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1) clay films; 21 percent fine very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron concretions and 21 percent fine very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14874
    B31—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent and 3 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 fine pores; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron concretions and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14875
    B32—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 3 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) medium distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; massive, and weak coarse angular blocky; friable; 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films and 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films; 3 percent fine and medium very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron concretions and 3 percent fine and medium very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14876
    IIC—145 to 160 centimeters (57.1 to 63.0 inches); silt loam, loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14877. Not sampled.