IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hickory
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IL191003
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IL191003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84IL191003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21788
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 32
  • Map Unit: 7C3—Atlas silty clay loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, severely eroded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL191—Wayne
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-MAN—Marion, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL191—Wayne County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38088-E3—Enterprise, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MM, BC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hickory
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ursa
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/2/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: MM, BC
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    18—152

    —18—

    —134—
    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

    13

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; silt loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-40-76 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31424
    Bt1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 50 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-40-76 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31425
    Bt2—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loam; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 50 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-40-76 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31426
    Bt3—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 50 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent medium distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/4) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent coarse prominent gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions and 25 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-40-76 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31427
    Bt4—84 to 130 centimeters (33.1 to 51.2 inches); 60 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-40-76 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31428
    Bt5—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions and 25 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-40-76 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # IL31429