IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Peotone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993IL043001
  • User Pedon ID: S1993IL043001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0151
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68229
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 41.9630833
  • Std. Longitude: -88.2306306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1785 feet north and 2100 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Pratt's Wayne Woods, DuPage County Forest Preserve, Wetland Restoration Study, Well #13
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL043—DuPage
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL043—DuPage County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41088-H2—West Chicago, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Calsyn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Fluvaquentic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Peotone
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Drummer
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over outwash
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: depression
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—35

    35—101

    —35—

    —66—
    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

    0.5

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    —

    230

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01271
    Ap2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); silty clay; fragments. Lab sample # 96P01272
    A—23 to 35 centimeters (9.1 to 13.8 inches); 70 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 25 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01273
    BAg—35 to 46 centimeters (13.8 to 18.1 inches); 70 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and 20 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) and 10 percent gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01274
    Bg1—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); 90 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) and 5 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and 5 percent gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01275
    Bg2—56 to 68 centimeters (22.0 to 26.8 inches); 60 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) and 20 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and 15 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and 5 percent gray (5Y 6/1) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct greenish gray (5GY 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct greenish gray (5GY 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01276
    2Bg3—68 to 86 centimeters (26.8 to 33.9 inches); 65 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and 15 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) and 10 percent gray (5Y 6/1) and 10 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct greenish gray (5G 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct greenish gray (5G 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 2 percent by volume flat 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01277
    2BCg—86 to 101 centimeters (33.9 to 39.8 inches); 90 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and 10 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume flat 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01278
    2Cg—101 to 114 centimeters (39.8 to 44.9 inches); 95 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and 5 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume flat 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 96P01279