IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Varna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989IL113009
  • User Pedon ID: 1989IL113009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89IL113009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22185
  • 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: 40.3693278
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5363778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 63 feet north and 42 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL113—McLean
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL113—McLean County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.D.W.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Varna
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LaRose
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1988 (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—20

    20—61

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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

    2.5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, lamotte-morgan; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL34503
    Bt1—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 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; 10 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL34504. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428171; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428171
    Bt2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; 1 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine distinct and 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 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; 10 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, lamotte-morgan; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL34505. patchy - phpvsfiid 428169; patchy - phpvsfiid 428170; patchy - phpvsfiid 428169; patchy - phpvsfiid 428170
    BC—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay loam; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) medium distinct and 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct and 10 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, lamotte-morgan; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL34506. patchy - phpvsfiid 428168; patchy - phpvsfiid 428168
    C—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; structureless massive; firm; 10 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL34507