IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): El Dara
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972IL001001
  • User Pedon ID: S1972IL001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2793
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37373
  • 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: 39.8327789
  • Std. Longitude: -91.1463852
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 625 feet north and 168 feet east of SW corner
  • Location Description: About 1/2 miles west and 1 mile north Richfield, Illinois.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL001—Adams
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL001—Adams County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - El Dara
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: drainageway
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/29/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    11

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    135

    914

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium platy parts to weak very fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22048
    A2—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22049
    B1t—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22050
    B21t—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22051. continuous - phpvsfiid 184287; continuous - phpvsfiid 184287
    B22t—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22052. continuous - phpvsfiid 184288; continuous - phpvsfiid 184288
    B3t—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint and 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22053. continuous - phpvsfiid 184289; continuous - phpvsfiid 184289
    C—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) sandy loam; massive; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A22054