IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Swygert
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977IL075005
  • User Pedon ID: S1977IL075005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2786
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.6433601
  • Std. Longitude: -87.8830795
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 339 feet S and 66 feet E of NW corner
  • Location Description: About 5 miles N of Cissna Park.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL075—Iroquois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL075—Iroquois County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. W. Scott and L. M. Kiefer.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Swygert (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/16/2018
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Swygert
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: dead ice moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/26/1977 (actual site observation 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

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    2Bt4

    2BCtd

    2Cd

    0

    18

    30

    46

    66

    79

    104

    130

    17

    30

    45

    66

    79

    104

    130

    155

    40A21995

    40A21996

    40A21997

    40A21998

    40A21999

    40A2200

    40A2201

    40A2202

    NSSL

    NSSL

    NSSL

    NSSL

    NSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    KSSL

    36.1

    36.8

    43.7

    48.9

    50.5

    47.9

    48.2

    47.4

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    1

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    52.4

    51.9

    47.4

    44.5

    43.9

    43.9

    46.8

    48.2

    38.3

    37.6

    36

    35

    39.6

    42.4

    42.2

    42.8

    14.1

    14.3

    11.4

    9.4

    4.3

    4.9

    4.6

    5.4

    11.3

    11.3

    27.4

    6.6

    5.6

    5.6

    5

    4.4

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    hydrometer

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    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

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    5.7

    6.3

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    6.8

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    8

    8.3

    8.5
    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

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    2Bt4

    2BCtd

    2Cd

    0

    18

    30

    46

    66

    79

    104

    130

    17

    30

    45

    66

    79

    104

    130

    155

    40A21995

    40A21996

    40A21997

    40A21998

    40A21999

    40A2200

    40A2201

    40A2202

    6.2

    5.6

    5.7

    6.3

    8.2

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    42

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    55

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    18

    33

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    0.06

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    0.07

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    72

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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

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    2Bt4

    2BCtd

    2Cd

    0

    18

    30

    46

    66

    79

    104

    130

    17

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    45

    66

    79

    104

    130

    155

    40A21995

    40A21996

    40A21997

    40A21998

    40A21999

    40A2200

    40A2201

    40A2202

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

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    104 - 152

    - 48 -

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    densic contact

    0—46

    30—130

    130—130

    —46—

    —100—

    —0—
    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

    1

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; 20 percent krotovinas (volume percent); moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21995
    A—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; 20 percent krotovinas (volume percent); slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21996
    Bt1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 3 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout and 3 percent fine faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; 20 percent krotovinas (volume percent); moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A21997. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1538403; continuous - phpvsfiid 1538402; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1538403; continuous - phpvsfiid 1538402
    Bt2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine distinct olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; 20 percent krotovinas (volume percent); slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21998. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1538405; continuous - phpvsfiid 1538404; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1538405; continuous - phpvsfiid 1538404
    Bt3—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21999
    2Bt4—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 3 percent medium prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22000. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1538409; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1538410; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1538409; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1538410
    2BCtd—104 to 130 centimeters (40.9 to 51.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and very dark gray (5Y 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct olive (5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine iron concretions throughout and 3 percent fine prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22001. continuous - phpvsfiid 1538411; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1538412; continuous - phpvsfiid 1538411; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1538412
    2Cd—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; structureless massive; very firm; gray (5Y 5/1), moist, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A22002. continuous - phpvsfiid 1538413; continuous - phpvsfiid 1538413