IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mundelein
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL105015
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL105015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL105015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21815
  • 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: 41.0739306
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8737972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 550 feet W & 420 feet S of the NE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL105—Livingston
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL105—Livingston County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41088-A7—Streator South, Illinois
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SKH, MLK, JH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mundelein
  • PSC - 66 to 116 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mundelein
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over outwash
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1985 (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

    192

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31595
    A2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31596
    A3—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31597
    Bt1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31598
    Bt2—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31599
    2BC—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.6 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31600
    2C1—112 to 130 centimeters (44.1 to 51.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31601
    2C2—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); variegated light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # IL31602