IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1966IL097001
  • User Pedon ID: 1966IL097001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 66IL097001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20613
  • 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: 42.1916361
  • Std. Longitude: -87.9284639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 43N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 22
  • Location Description: 206 feet east of center of Rt.45 along lane,25 feet north to site in corn field
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL097—Lake
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL097—Lake County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42087-B8—Wheeling, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JDA, EEK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pella
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/12/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • 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 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—38

    38—53

    38—178

    86—86

    —38—

    —15—

    —140—

    —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

    1

    —

    —

    197

    —

    —

    —

    —

    8.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20183
    A—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20184
    BAg—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20185. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092183; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092183
    Btg1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20186. continuous - phpvsfiid 1092187; continuous - phpvsfiid 1092187
    Btg2—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots; dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, and gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20187. continuous - phpvsfiid 1092186; continuous - phpvsfiid 1092186
    Btg3—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots; olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20188. continuous - phpvsfiid 1092184; continuous - phpvsfiid 1092184
    BCtg—79 to 86 centimeters (31.1 to 33.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots; 25 percent distinct olive (5Y 5/4), moist, and olive (5Y 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct olive (5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 25 percent fine olive iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20189. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092185; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092185
    2Cg1—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; 0.6 roots; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20190
    2Cg2—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) gravelly sandy loam; structureless single grain; very friable; 0.6 roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20191
    2Cg3—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; 0.6 roots; 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20192
    2Cg4—142 to 178 centimeters (55.9 to 70.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; structureless massive; friable; 0.6 roots; 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL20193