IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ashkum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1996IL197023
  • User Pedon ID: S1996IL197023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7870
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56632
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.4250000
  • Std. Longitude: -87.9552778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 96 feet south and 2,030 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: 93 yards west of culvert and 32 yards south of road center
  • Map Unit: 232A—Ashkum silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes232A—Ashkum silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes232A—Ashkum silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes232A—Ashkum silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes232A—Ashkum silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes232A—Ashkum silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes232A—Ashkum silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes232A—Ashkum silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes232A—Ashkum silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes232A—Ashkum silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes232A—Ashkum silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL197—Will
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL053—Ford County, IllinoisIL063—Grundy County, IllinoisIL089—Kane County, IllinoisIL091—Kankakee County, IllinoisIL093—Kendall County, IllinoisIL097—Lake County, IllinoisIL099—La Salle County, IllinoisIL183—Vermilion County, IllinoisIL197—Will County, IllinoisIL043—DuPage County, IllinoisIL031—Cook County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41088-D8—Prairie Center, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Walker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 23
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashkum (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashkum
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium over till
  • Landform: depression, ground moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for brief periods
  • Geology: Wadsworth formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: BX1 - 109
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - yes
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—30

    30—137

    74—

    —30—

    —107—

    —-
    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

    —

    —

    215

    —

    90

    935

    —

    —

    9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; many (6.0) very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N02316; observed in pit, small
    A—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N02317; observed in pit, small
    BAg—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) very fine roots; 65 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on faces of peds; 4 percent fine distinct very weakly coherent cemented very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; ; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N02318; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1067784; continuous - phpvsfiid 1067784
    Bg1—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) very fine roots; 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent very weakly coherent cemented very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout and 8 percent fine faint gray (2.5Y 5/1) iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N02319; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1067785; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1067785
    2Bg2—74 to 124 centimeters (29.1 to 48.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) very fine roots; 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent very weakly coherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout and 5 percent medium faint brown (10YR 5/3) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium faint gray (5Y 5/1) iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N02320; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1067786; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1067786
    2BCg—124 to 137 centimeters (48.8 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) very fine roots; 5 percent fine prominent very weakly coherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout and 8 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium faint gray (2.5Y 5/1) iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent medium faint brown (10YR 5/3) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N02322; observed in pit, small
    2Cg—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium faint brown (10YR 5/3) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 18 percent fine faint gray (2.5Y 5/1) iron depletions in matrix; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 12N02323; observed in pit, small