IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ElPaso
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002IL-099-021(1-8)
  • User Pedon ID: S2002IL099021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0301
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15487
  • Print Date: 4/4/2025

    • 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: 41.1976624
  • Std. Longitude: -89.0780411
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 35
  • Location Description: Eden township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL099—La Salle
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Crew 2
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ElPaso
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ElPaso
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess or silty material over till
  • Landform: till plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/19/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    0—69

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    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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01566; observed in pit, small
    A1—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 4.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01567
    A2—36 to 69 centimeters (14.2 to 27.2 inches); black (N 2.5/),, dark gray (N 4/),, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01568, 03N01569. Horizon sample divided at 51 cm.
    BA—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 4 percent fine prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01570
    Bg—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 5 percent faint very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) organic stains on all faces of peds; 8 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 8 percent fine prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01571. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 260772; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 260772
    Btg—107 to 117 centimeters (42.1 to 46.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; weak medium platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; 2.0 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 20 percent fine and medium prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01572. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 260773; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 260773
    2Btg—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 5 percent faint dark gray (5Y 4/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 12 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 25 percent medium and coarse faint light olive gray (5Y 6/2) iron depletions in matrix; 3 percent by volume mixed fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01573. patchy - phpvsfiid 260774; patchy - phpvsfiid 260774
    2Cg—135 to 211 centimeters (53.1 to 83.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silty clay loam; structureless massive; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 30 percent medium and coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 3 percent by volume mixed fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 03N01574, 03N01575. Horizon sample divided at 175 cm.