IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ridgway
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993IL027008
  • User Pedon ID: S1993IL027008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0268
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66446
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 38.5013885
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5013885
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 26
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL027—Clinton
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL027—Clinton County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38089-E5—Breese, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SJI, DW, CL, RC TE
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ridgway
  • PSC - 19 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Camden
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, me
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 73
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01659
    Bt1—19 to 34 centimeters (7.5 to 13.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 35 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01660. continuous - phpvsfiid 176538; continuous - phpvsfiid 176538
    Bt2—34 to 64 centimeters (13.4 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 25 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01661. continuous - phpvsfiid 176539; continuous - phpvsfiid 176539
    2Bt3—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 20 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01662. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176540; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176540
    2Bt4—84 to 110 centimeters (33.1 to 43.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, very weak; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01663. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176541; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176541
    2Bt5—110 to 131 centimeters (43.3 to 51.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, very weak; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01664. patchy - phpvsfiid 176542; patchy - phpvsfiid 176542
    2Bt6—131 to 148 centimeters (51.6 to 58.3 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, very weak; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 5 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01665. patchy - phpvsfiid 176543; patchy - phpvsfiid 176543
    2Bt7—148 to 194 centimeters (58.3 to 76.4 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; loose; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 3 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01666. patchy - phpvsfiid 176544; patchy - phpvsfiid 176544
    2Bt8—194 to 224 centimeters (76.4 to 88.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; loose, very weak; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 3 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01667. patchy - phpvsfiid 176545; patchy - phpvsfiid 176545
    2Bt9—224 to 250 centimeters (88.2 to 98.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) fine sandy loam; single grain; loose; 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01668. patchy - phpvsfiid 176546; patchy - phpvsfiid 176546
    2Bt10—250 to 282 centimeters (98.4 to 111.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sandy loam; single grain; loose; 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01669. patchy - phpvsfiid 176547; patchy - phpvsfiid 176547
    2C1—282 to 310 centimeters (111.0 to 122.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01670
    2C2—310 to 375 centimeters (122.0 to 147.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01671
    2C3—375 to 414 centimeters (147.6 to 163.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01672
    2C4—414 to 447 centimeters (163.0 to 176.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam, fine sandy loam; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01673. SL is 12cm thick in upper part of horizon
    3C5—447 to 490 centimeters (176.0 to 192.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam, silt; 30 percent pale red (2.5YR 6/2) fine and medium prominent irregular mottles; massive; firm; 5 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01674