IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963IL015001
  • User Pedon ID: S1963IL015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1838
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35996
  • Print Date: 2/7/2025

    • 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: 41.9405556
  • Std. Longitude: -90.0861130
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 340 feet west from center of private road at the southeast corner of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 100 feet north of north side of drainage ditch on quarter-line.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL015—Carroll
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL015—Carroll County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.E. Tyler, R.L. Newbury, R. Rehner
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Colo
  • Classificaton Date - 10/15/1963
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: valley floor
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/15/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14641
    A12—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); black (N 2/0) and black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14642
    A13—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14643
    A14—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate and strong fine prismatic structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14644
    AC—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14645
    C1g—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silt loam; 26 percent clay; dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14646
    C2g—135 to 155 centimeters (53.1 to 61.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silt loam; 26 percent clay; dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14647
    C3g—155 to 178 centimeters (61.0 to 70.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A14648