IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Osco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL085013
  • User Pedon ID: S1978IL085013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL085013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21097
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 42.4954999
  • Std. Longitude: -90.0183896
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 540 feet W & 127 feet S of center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL085—Jo Daviess
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL085—Jo Daviess County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42090-D1—Elizabeth NE, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dana Grantham, Lester Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Osco
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buckhart
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/1978
  • Classifier - Dana Grantham
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge, hillslope
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

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    0—38

    56—107

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    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

    3

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    308

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25622
    A—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots between peds; 50 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25623. continuous - phpvsfiid 1119641; continuous - phpvsfiid 1119641
    Bt1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots between peds; 50 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3) organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25624. continuous - phpvsfiid 1119637; continuous - phpvsfiid 1119637
    Bt2—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots between peds; 50 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25625
    Bt3—74 to 84 centimeters (29.1 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; silt coats on all faces of peds and 25 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on all faces of peds and 25 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25626
    Bt4—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; silt coats on all faces of peds and 25 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine faint iron depletions and 10 percent fine prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25627
    C—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); variegated pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # IL25628