IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Osco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007IL187003
  • User Pedon ID: S2007IL187003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0527
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19598
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 40.9375000
  • Std. Longitude: -90.7291641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL187—Warren
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40090-H6—Monmouth, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: crop yield data site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Osco
  • PSC - 63 to 113 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Osco
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/16/2007 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—37

    63—177

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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

    2

    20

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    261.6

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    914

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    10.6

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; 2 percent sand; 78 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky; 3.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03352
    A—23 to 37 centimeters (9.1 to 14.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 2 percent sand; 78 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03353
    BA—37 to 63 centimeters (14.6 to 24.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; 2 percent sand; 78 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 1 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03354. patchy - phpvsfiid 469184; patchy - phpvsfiid 469184
    Bt1—63 to 84 centimeters (24.8 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 1 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03355. patchy - phpvsfiid 469185; patchy - phpvsfiid 469186; patchy - phpvsfiid 469185; patchy - phpvsfiid 469186
    Bt2—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03356. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 469188; patchy - phpvsfiid 469187; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 469188; patchy - phpvsfiid 469187
    Bt3—109 to 144 centimeters (42.9 to 56.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent red (7.5R 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03357. patchy - phpvsfiid 469189; patchy - phpvsfiid 469189
    BC—144 to 190 centimeters (56.7 to 74.8 inches); 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 2 percent sand; 72 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03358
    C—190 to 235 centimeters (74.8 to 92.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 2 percent sand; 73 percent silt; 25 percent clay; massive; friable, slightly sticky; 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # 07N03359