IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Varna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986IL113027
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IL113027
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86IL113027
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21970
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 40.7562639
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6712583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 2541 feet east and 66 feet south of northwest corner
  • Location Description: Yates Township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL113—McLean
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL113—McLean County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RDW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 27
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Varna
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Varna
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess and/or Wisconsinan till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: till plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1986 (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 -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    41—91

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    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

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32859
    A—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32860. patchy - phpvsfiid 428669; patchy - phpvsfiid 428669
    Bt1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32861. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428668; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428668
    2Bt2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32862. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428671; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428671
    2Bt3—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct and 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32863. patchy - phpvsfiid 428670; patchy - phpvsfiid 428670
    2BC—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium distinct and 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct and 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32864. patchy - phpvsfiid 428672; patchy - phpvsfiid 428673; patchy - phpvsfiid 428672; patchy - phpvsfiid 428673
    2C—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium distinct and 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; structureless massive; very firm; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL32865