IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Prairieville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987IL109065
  • User Pedon ID: 1987IL109065
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0081
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60204
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024
  • 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: 40.5091628
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8477974
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet N and 2510 feet E of SW corner??
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL109—McDonough
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL109—McDonough County, Illinois
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: McDonough Co.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 65
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Prairieville
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1987
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Assumption
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1987
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over underlying till that contains a strongly developed paleosol
  • Landform: hillslope, till plain
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1987 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • 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

    9

    0

    890

    170

    11

    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; many (5.0) fine roots and many (5.0) coarse roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00488. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many very fine roots; common fine roots
    Bt1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 55 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00489. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many organic coats surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots; few fine roots
    Bt2—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 55 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00490. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots; few fine roots
    2Bt3—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 37 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses and 11 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00491. Few till pebbles about 2%.; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    2Bt4—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 37 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00492. Common till pebbles about 3%.; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    2Btg5—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7. Lab sample # 88P00493. Common till pebbles about 3%.; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine distinct 10YR54 mottles; few fine prominent 10YR58 mottles