IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mundelein
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN111008
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN111008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - NW8408
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23857
  • 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: 40.8294972
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3156972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet east and 50 feet north of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN111—Newton
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Osterholz and Tuszynski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mundelein
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Darroch
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/1984 (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 -
  • 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

    1

    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NW84081
    A—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW84082
    BT1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 3 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW84083
    BT2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW84084
    BT3—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW84085
    BTG—71 to 79 centimeters (28.0 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW84086
    BC—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NW84087
    C—91 to 104 centimeters (35.8 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # NW84088
    C—104 to 114 centimeters (40.9 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # NW84089
    C—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # NW840810
    C—127 to 140 centimeters (50.0 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # NW840811
    C—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # NW840812