IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IL057011
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IL057011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0119
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65463
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024
  • 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: 40.6850243
  • Std. Longitude: -90.3701096
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 832 feet W and 340 feet S of the NE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL057—Fulton
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL057—Fulton County, Illinois
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SES and SA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elco
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elco
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/18/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/18/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • 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

    15

    180

    90

    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01043
    BE—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; weak medium platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) silt coats and 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01044
    Bt1—25 to 40 centimeters (9.8 to 15.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) silt coats on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01045
    Bt2—40 to 55 centimeters (15.7 to 21.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01046
    Bt3—55 to 71 centimeters (21.7 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01047
    2Bt4—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01048
    2Bt5—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01049
    2Bt6—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct and 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 15 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P01050