IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hickory
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IL051055
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IL051055
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0153
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59449
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 39.1630972
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1324056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet W and 1350 feet N of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: 8G—Hickory silt loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL051—Fayette
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-MAN—Marion, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL051—Fayette County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39089-B2—Ramsey Lake, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MS Hodges, LL King, KD Brinkman, CC Borden
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 55
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hickory
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/4/2018
  • Classifier - Frank E. Heisner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hickory
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1985
  • Classifier - Hodges et al
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - second edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: thin layer of Peoria loess over Illinois till
  • Landform: hillslope on till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: MS Hodges, LL King, KD Brinkman, CC Borden
  • Air Photo ID: AS 11
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    41—152

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    —111—
    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

    31

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    182

    —

    100

    1041

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    187

    12.8

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00861. many fine roots
    E1—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. many fine roots
    E2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on faces of peds; 37 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) clay depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots
    Bt1—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; many skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    Bt2—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 very fine roots; 55 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions and 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00862. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; few medium distinct 10YR51 mottles
    Bt3—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; 11 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, skeletans on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR51 mottles
    Bt4—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) interior clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    Bt5—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) interior clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. common clay films surface features on faces of peds