IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elburn
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IL173004
  • User Pedon ID: S1985IL173004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0203
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58008
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 39.5972611
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9873000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 2250 feet E and 690 feet N from the SW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL173—Shelby
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Witt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elburn
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/25/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elburn
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1985
  • Classifier - J.K. Witt
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over loamy outwash
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1985 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—33

    46—119

    119—119

    25—33—48

    53—73—102

    0—0—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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    189

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01218
    A—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary.
    BA—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout and 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt2—56 to 94 centimeters (22.0 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 37 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout and 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 11 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01219
    Bt3—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 37 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 11 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout and 30 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary.
    2BC—119 to 142 centimeters (46.9 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01220
    2Cg—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) stratified stratified silt loam to fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; common (0.5) very fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions.