IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Prophetstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983IL195161
  • User Pedon ID: S1983IL195161
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0074
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55790
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 41.8378861
  • Std. Longitude: -90.0331722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 780 feet east and 2220 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL195—Whiteside
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL195—Whiteside County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41090-G1—Union Grove, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark E. Matusiak
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 161
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Prophetstown
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harpster
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Calciaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous loess
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1983 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    cambic horizon

    0—53

    0—66

    66—84

    —53—

    —66—

    —18—
    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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    206

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    180

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    Akp—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Ak—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 35 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00364
    Bkg1—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); variegated 40 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 35 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular black (5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent fine prominent spherical very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bkg2—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); variegated 60 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 fine roots; 35 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular black (5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent fine prominent spherical very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00365
    Cg1—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; 0.8 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary.
    Cg2—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # 85P00366