IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elkhart
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002IL-099-023(1-7)
  • User Pedon ID: S2002IL099023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0303
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15489
  • Print Date: 1/28/2025

    • 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: 41.2011108
  • Std. Longitude: -89.0786133
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 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 Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 23
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elkhart
  • Classificaton Date - 5/26/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buckhart
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Deep Loess
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/20/2002 (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

    argillic horizon

    23—76

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    6

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01582; observed in pit, small
    A—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01583
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores and 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine prominent manganese concretions throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01584. continuous - phpvsfiid 260765; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 260764; continuous - phpvsfiid 260765; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 260764
    Bt2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots; 7 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent fine prominent black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese concretions throughout and 7 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 12 percent fine and medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01585. patchy - phpvsfiid 260766; continuous - phpvsfiid 260767; patchy - phpvsfiid 260766; continuous - phpvsfiid 260767
    Bt3—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 3 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 25 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese concretions throughout and 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 7 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent fine and medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01586. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 260768; continuous - phpvsfiid 260769; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 260768; continuous - phpvsfiid 260769
    BCt—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 3 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese concretions throughout and 7 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium and coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 17 percent fine and medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01587. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 260770; continuous - phpvsfiid 260771; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 260770; continuous - phpvsfiid 260771
    C—89 to 203 centimeters (35.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt; structureless massive; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 3 percent fine prominent black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses throughout and 5 percent fine and medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 20 percent fine and medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout and 30 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 03N01590, 03N01589, 03N01588. Horizon samlples divided at 127 and 165 cm.