IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Symerton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988IL105028
  • User Pedon ID: 1988IL105028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88IL105028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22124
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 40.9748194
  • Std. Longitude: -88.4707639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 993 feet south and 330 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL105—Livingston
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL105—Livingston County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 28
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Symerton
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wenona
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess and/or Wisconsinan lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1988 (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

    —43

    33—-

    97—-
    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

    3

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34021
    A—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34022
    BA—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34023. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428600; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428600
    Bt1—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34024. patchy - phpvsfiid 428601; patchy - phpvsfiid 428602; patchy - phpvsfiid 428601; patchy - phpvsfiid 428602
    2Bt2—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34025. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428599; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428599
    2Bt3—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34026. patchy - phpvsfiid 428604; patchy - phpvsfiid 428604
    3BC—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34027. patchy - phpvsfiid 428603; patchy - phpvsfiid 428603
    3C—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; structureless massive; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL34028