IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cowden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960IL135005
  • User Pedon ID: 1960IL135005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 60IL135005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20503
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 39.1180013
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6511285
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 2398 feet W & 367 feet N of SE corner
  • Location Description: 242 FT E & 367 FT N of SW corner of SE 1/4 of Sec.21
  • 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: LPW, RTO
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Mollic Albaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowden
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowden
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1960 (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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; firm; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18738
    A12—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine granular structure; firm; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18739
    A2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine granular structure; firm; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL18740. patchy - phpvsfiid 429192; patchy - phpvsfiid 429192
    AB—38 to 43 centimeters (15.0 to 16.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL18741. patchy - phpvsfiid 429195; continuous - phpvsfiid 429196; patchy - phpvsfiid 429195; continuous - phpvsfiid 429196
    B21—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18742. continuous - phpvsfiid 429193; continuous - phpvsfiid 429193
    B22—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds and 25 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18743. continuous - phpvsfiid 429194; continuous - phpvsfiid 429194
    B23—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18744. patchy - phpvsfiid 429197; patchy - phpvsfiid 429197
    B3—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18745
    C1—124 to 137 centimeters (48.8 to 53.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; massive; firm; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18746
    IIA—137 to 157 centimeters (53.9 to 61.8 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18747
    IIB1—213 to 234 centimeters (83.9 to 92.1 inches); 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; 30 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) coarse distinct mottles; firm; 1 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # IL18748
    IIB2—274 to 292 centimeters (107.9 to 115.0 inches); 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse distinct mottles; firm; fragments. Lab sample # IL18749