IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ava
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL191053
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL191053
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL191053
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21922
  • Print Date: 5/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 27
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL191—Wayne
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL191—Wayne County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bruce Curry, Mark Matusiak, Terry Pittman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 53
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ava
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ava
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over Roxana loess
  • Landform: upland drainageway
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Bruce Curry, Mark Matusiak, Terry Pittman
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - 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

    fragipan

    76—152

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine mottles; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt boundary.
    BE—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear boundary.
    Bt—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 50 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear boundary.
    B/E—48 to 56 centimeters (18.9 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) silt loam, silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 50 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt boundary.
    Bt—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear boundary.
    2Btx1—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 50 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear boundary. Lab sample # IL32370
    2Btx2—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; 10 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) medium mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak platy structure; firm; 25 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # IL32371
    2Btx3—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak platy structure; firm; 10 percent distinct weak red (7.5R 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual boundary.