IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1968IL043002
  • User Pedon ID: 1968IL043002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68IL043002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20647
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024
  • 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: 41.7014988
  • Std. Longitude: -87.9919648
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 448 feet north of southeast corner 166 feet west to site
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL043—DuPage
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL043—DuPage County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41087-F8—Sag Bridge, Illinois
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JBF, JDA, BWR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2019
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

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

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1968 (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 Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    E

    Bt1

    2Bt2

    2Bt3

    2BC

    2C1

    0

    15

    25

    36

    61

    84

    99

    15

    25

    36

    61

    84

    99

    32

    IL20939

    IL20940

    IL20941

    IL20942

    IL20943

    IL20944

    IL20945

    University of Illinois Soil Characterization Lab

    University of Illinois Soil Characterization Lab

    University of Illinois Soil Characterization Lab

    University of Illinois Soil Characterization Lab

    University of Illinois Soil Characterization Lab

    University of Illinois Soil Characterization Lab

    University of Illinois Soil Characterization Lab

    16

    27

    38

    46

    31

    24

    21

    0

    0

    23

    32

    28

    70

    62

    51

    41

    50

    54

    58

    44

    44

    36

    30

    35

    36

    36

    26

    18

    15

    11

    14

    18

    21

    12

    10

    21

    12

    18

    20

    19

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    1

    1

    1

    0

    2

    3

    2

    2

    1

    1

    1

    2

    3

    2

    2

    1

    1

    2

    2

    2

    2

    2

    2

    2

    3

    4

    5

    4

    1

    2

    2

    4

    6

    6

    7

    sil

    sicl

    sicl

    sic

    sicl

    sil

    sil

    7.1

    6.6

    6.5

    7

    7.9

    8.1

    8.1

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    E

    Bt1

    2Bt2

    2Bt3

    2BC

    2C1

    0

    15

    25

    36

    61

    84

    99

    15

    25

    36

    61

    84

    99

    32

    IL20939

    IL20940

    IL20941

    IL20942

    IL20943

    IL20944

    IL20945

    98

    90

    94

    100

    23

    100

    100

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    E

    Bt1

    2Bt2

    2Bt3

    2BC

    2C1

    0

    15

    25

    36

    61

    84

    99

    15

    25

    36

    61

    84

    99

    32

    IL20939

    IL20940

    IL20941

    IL20942

    IL20943

    IL20944

    IL20945

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—84

    —25—

    —59—

    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

    228

    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20939; observed in push tube
    E—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak medium platy, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10 percent masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20940; observed in push tube
    Bt1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20941; observed in push tube
    2Bt2—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20942; observed in push tube
    2Bt3—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 25 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20943; observed in push tube
    2BC—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20944; observed in push tube
    2C1—99 to 132 centimeters (39.0 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse platy, and weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, worm casts; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL20945; observed in push tube
    2C2—132 to 163 centimeters (52.0 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse platy, and weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; gray (5Y 6/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL20946; observed in push tube