IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Pella
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1966IL053001
User Pedon ID:
1966IL053001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
IL SCL
Lab Pedon # -
66IL053001
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
20609
Print Date:
5/18/2024
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:
40.8014350
Std. Longitude:
-88.1288856
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
27N
Range:
9E
Section:
24
Location Description:
498 feet north of 1/2mi line along dirt road, 54 feet west of center of road to site
State:
Illinois
County:
IL053—Ford
MLRA:
110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
IL053—Ford County, Illinois
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
40088-G2—Piper City, Illinois
PEDON
Describers Name:
JDA, RJH
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Pedon #:
1
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Pella
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
7/10/2009
Moisture Class -
aquic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Pella
Classificaton Date -
10/1/1966
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
loess over outwash and till
Drainage Class:
poorly
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/1/1966 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
barren land
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
row crop
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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
3
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201
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10.8
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Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; firm; 6.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20200
A1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; 6.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20201
B1g—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine prismatic, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20202. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 464105; patchy - phpvsfiid 464106; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 464105; patchy - phpvsfiid 464106
B21g—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; olive gray (5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20203. continuous - phpvsfiid 464107; patchy - phpvsfiid 464108; continuous - phpvsfiid 464107; patchy - phpvsfiid 464108
B22g—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; strong fine prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 roots; very dark gray (5Y 3/1), moist, and dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20204. continuous - phpvsfiid 464109; patchy - phpvsfiid 464110; continuous - phpvsfiid 464109; patchy - phpvsfiid 464110
B31g—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) loam; 25 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20205
B32g—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.6 roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20206
C1g—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; 10 percent olive (5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; 0.6 roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 25 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20207
C2g—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; 25 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; 0.6 roots; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 25 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL20208