IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chenoa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IL105121
  • User Pedon ID: S1987IL105121
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0357
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61461
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.8419722
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8371111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 865 feet west and 105 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 614A—Chenoa silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL105—Livingston
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL105—Livingston County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40088-G7—Flanagan South, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. K. Higgins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 121
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chenoa (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chenoa
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over till
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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—30

    41—91

    81—81

    —30—

    —50—

    —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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    211

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01975
    BA—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 55 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01976
    Bt—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01977
    Btg1—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 55 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 11 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 11 percent medium very weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01978
    Btg2—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 37 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent medium very weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout and 11 percent medium faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 11 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01979
    2Bt—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01980
    2C—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; structureless massive; firm; 11 percent medium distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # 89P01981. 15 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, coatings on vertical cleavage planes