IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Varna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IL075013
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IL075013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79IL075013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21122
  • 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: 40.9852776
  • Std. Longitude: -88.0552833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 57 feet E & 147 feet N of SW corner
  • Location Description: 57FT E of road center & 147FT N of lane center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL075—Iroquois
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL075—Iroquois County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40088-H1—Piper City NE, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JEP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Varna
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Varna
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over silty clay loam calcareous Wisconsinan till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    0—33

    33—107

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    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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    218

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    A1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26329
    A3—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26330
    Bt1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26331. continuous - phpvsfiid 480336; continuous - phpvsfiid 480336
    Bt2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26332. continuous - phpvsfiid 480338; continuous - phpvsfiid 480338
    Bt3—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26333. continuous - phpvsfiid 480337; continuous - phpvsfiid 480337
    Bt4—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26334
    BC—107 to 117 centimeters (42.1 to 46.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL26335. patchy - phpvsfiid 480340; patchy - phpvsfiid 480340
    C—117 to 140 centimeters (46.1 to 55.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse distinct mottles; structureless massive; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # IL26336