IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ringwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008IL111001
  • User Pedon ID: S2008IL111001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0291
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24114
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 42.4150085
  • Std. Longitude: -88.2758713
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 14 m (46 ft) north and 85 m (280 ft) east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: McHenry County, Illinois; about 3.2 km (2 miles) southwest of the village of Spring Grove; 14 m (46 ft) north and 85 m (280 ft) east of the southwest corner, sec. 35, T. 46 N., R. 8 E.; USGS Richmond topographic quadrangle;
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL111—McHenry
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL111—McHenry County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42088-D3—Richmond, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Aurora MLRA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ringwood
  • PSC - 30 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ringwood
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess or other silty material over loamy till
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Haeger Till Member member of the Lemont Formation formation in the Wedron group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/19/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—30

    30—51

    38—38

    —30—

    —21—

    —0—
    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

    —

    —

    273

    —

    270

    914

    —

    —

    9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01761; observed in pit, small
    A—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01762; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots; 18 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 35 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on surfaces along pores and 40 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01763; observed in pit, small
    2Bt2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots; 18 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 35 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) organoargillans on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01764; observed in pit, small
    2Bt3—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) organoargillans on surfaces along pores; 3 percent by volume mixed fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01765; observed in pit, small
    2Bt4—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); fine sandy loam; weak fine prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) organoargillans on surfaces along pores and 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) worm casts; 3 percent by volume mixed fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N01766; observed in pit, small
    2BC—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 8 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent medium very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) worm casts; 10 percent by volume mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01767; observed in pit, small
    2C1—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 12 percent by volume mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N01768; observed in pit, small
    2C2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 14 percent by volume mixed fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 09N01769; observed in pit, small