IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cowden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1932IL135001
  • User Pedon ID: 1932IL135001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 32IL135001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20390
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 39.3361043
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1654324
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 2
  • Location Description: 120 FT E of quater line on N side of road near Cowden site
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL135—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL135—Montgomery County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RBG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Mollic Albaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowden
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowden
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1932
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1932 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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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    A11—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear boundary. Lab sample # IL14075
    A11—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; massive, and weak platy, and medium granular, and fine subangular blocky; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear boundary. Lab sample # IL14076
    A2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior silt loam; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear boundary. Lab sample # IL14077
    B21—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silty clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm, slightly plastic; 10.0 fine roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, on all faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # IL14078, IL14079. Horizon split for sampling: IL14078 41 to 56 cm, IL14079 56 to 76 cm.
    B22—76 to 124 centimeters (29.9 to 48.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; strong medium prismatic structure; very firm, slightly plastic; 10.0 fine roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # IL14080, IL14081. Horizon split for sampling: IL14080 76 to 104 cm, IL14081 104 to 124 cm.
    B3—124 to 157 centimeters (48.8 to 61.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silt loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # IL14082
    C1—157 to 157 centimeters (61.8 to 61.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # IL23600