IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bloomfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972IL091012
  • User Pedon ID: 1972IL091012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72IL091012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22201
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 41.1478816
  • Std. Longitude: -88.0478137
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4,SW1/4,SW1/4
  • Location Description: center of N end of excavation in sand dune
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL091—Kankakee
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL091—Kankakee County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41088-B1—Bonfield, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TSH, BWR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Lamellic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomfield
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: wind blown sand in the Kankakee Flood Area
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22594
    A21—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; 3.0 roots; 25 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22595
    A22—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; 3.0 roots; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse broken boundary. Lab sample # IL22596
    A&B1—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 roots; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; diffuse broken boundary. Lab sample # IL22597
    A&B2—89 to 137 centimeters (35.0 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sand, loamy sand; single grain, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky; loose; 0.6 roots; 25 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL22598, IL22603, IL22599, IL22600, IL22601, IL22602. Horizon split for sampling: IL22598 89 to 102 cm, IL22599 97 to 104 cm, IL22600 104 to 109 cm, IL22601 109 to 119 cm, IL22602 127 to 135 cm, IL22603 130 to 137 cm.; patchy - phpvsfiid 478976; patchy - phpvsfiid 478976
    A&B3—137 to 241 centimeters (53.9 to 94.9 inches); 18 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 17 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; single grain, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky; loose; 0.6 roots; 1 percent N 2/1 (N 2/1), moist, worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL22604, IL22605, IL22608, IL22606, IL22607, IL22609. Horizon split for sampling: IL22604 137 to 173 cm, IL22605 137 to 173 cm, IL22606 173 to 206 cm, IL22607 173 to 206 cm, IL22608 206 to 241 cm, IL22609 206 to 251 cm.
    A&B4—251 to 292 centimeters (98.8 to 115.0 inches); 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; single grain, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual broken boundary. Lab sample # IL22610, IL22611. Horizon split for sampling: IL22610 251 to 292 cm, IL22611 251 to 292 cm.
    C11—292 to 381 centimeters (115.0 to 150.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # IL22612, IL22614, IL22615; observed in auger, bucket. Horizon split for sampling: IL22612 292 to 325 cm, IL22614 325 to 335 cm, IL22615 371 to 381 cm.
    C12—401 to 411 centimeters (157.9 to 161.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # IL22613; observed in auger, bucket
    IIC2—442 to 452 centimeters (174.0 to 178.0 inches); 25 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and 25 percent gray (5Y 6/1) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) loam, clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and massive; friable, moderately plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # IL22616; observed in auger, bucket
    IIIC3—472 to 487 centimeters (185.8 to 191.7 inches); 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sand; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) medium distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive, and weak coarse subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # IL22617; observed in auger, bucket