IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1983IL183060
  • User Pedon ID: 1983IL183060
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83IL183060
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21663
  • 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: 40.1120333
  • Std. Longitude: -87.8120778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet south and 1500 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 153A—Pella silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL183—Vermilion
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-AUR—Aurora, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL183—Vermilion County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40087-A7—Oakwood, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CW and TO
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 60
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pella
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/25/2013
  • Classifier - decalsyn
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pella
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/23/1983
  • Classifier - CW and TO
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over loamy outwash
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: water-worked till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/23/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: CW and TO
  • Air Photo ID: A.S. 85
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - yes
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—30

    30—91

    30—152

    71—71

    —30—

    —61—

    —122—

    —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

    0

    —

    —

    197

    —

    1041

    —

    169

    11

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    112140

    Danville, IL

    WETS
    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30412; observed in push tube
    A—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30413; observed in push tube
    Btg1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30414; observed in push tube
    Btg2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses throughout and 25 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30415; observed in push tube
    2Btkg—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent faint gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 25 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 4 percent coarse irregular carbonate concretions throughout and 4 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions throughout and 4 percent very coarse irregular carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30416; observed in push tube
    2Cg—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; 22 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 25 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent coarse irregular carbonate concretions throughout and 5 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL30417; observed in push tube. large black (N 2.5/) silty clay loam krotovina present
    2C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; structureless massive; friable; 35 percent medium prominent gray (N 6/), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 5-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # IL30418; observed in push tube. large black (N 2.5/) silty clay loam krotovina present