IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Assumption
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2011IL021281
  • User Pedon ID: S2011IL021281
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7648
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72251
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 39.6609601
  • Std. Longitude: -89.2850644
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: MLRA 108B
  • Location Description: Located on the Dale Baumgartner farm in Christian County in an Osco (86B) map unit
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL021—Christian
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL021—Christian County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rick Francen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Assumption
  • Classificaton Date - 6/13/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Assumption
  • Classificaton Date - 1/11/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over underlying till that contains a strongly developed paleosol
  • Landscape: till plain, till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/11/2012 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    3

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    320

    890

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    170

    11

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); 85 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N01173
    Bt1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 35 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01174. continuous - phpvsfiid 1067740; continuous - phpvsfiid 1067740
    Bt2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01175. continuous - phpvsfiid 1067741; continuous - phpvsfiid 1067741
    Bt3—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01176. continuous - phpvsfiid 1067742; continuous - phpvsfiid 1067743; continuous - phpvsfiid 1067742; continuous - phpvsfiid 1067743
    2Btg1—76 to 117 centimeters (29.9 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 25 percent medium prominent gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions in matrix; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01177. continuous - phpvsfiid 1067744; continuous - phpvsfiid 1067745; continuous - phpvsfiid 1067744; continuous - phpvsfiid 1067745
    2Btg2—117 to 180 centimeters (46.1 to 70.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 10 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium faint gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01178. continuous - phpvsfiid 1067746; continuous - phpvsfiid 1067746
    2Btg3—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent medium faint gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # 12N01179. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1067747; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1067747