IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hickory
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990IL025051
  • User Pedon ID: 1990IL025051
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0800
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62733
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 38.8789389
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5486056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 2225 feet S and 1115 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Blair Twp.
  • Map Unit: 8F—Hickory silt loam, 18 to 35 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL025—Clay
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-MAN—Marion, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL025—Clay County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38088-H5—Hord, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 51
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hickory
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hickory
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1990
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - third edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinois till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/9/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Tonie J. Endres
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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—20

    20—107

    —20—

    —87—
    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

    29

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    155

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    135

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 90P04706. many medium roots; many very fine roots
    E—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 37 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 90P04707. common organic coats surface features on faces of peds; common medium roots; common very fine roots
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 55 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 90P04708. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium roots; common very fine roots
    Bt2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 55 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 90P04709. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium roots; common very fine roots
    Bt3—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 37 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 90P04710. common coats surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium roots; common very fine roots; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles
    Bt4—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 55 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # 90P04711. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium roots; common very fine roots; common fine distinct 10YR62 mottles
    Bt5—107 to 157 centimeters (42.1 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 37 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 90P04712. common lens of (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots; few very fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common coarse distinct 10YR62 mottles
    C1—157 to 211 centimeters (61.8 to 83.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse faint mottles; massive; very firm; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 90P04713. common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common coarse faint 10YR62 mottles
    C2—211 to 216 centimeters (83.1 to 85.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; massive; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 90P04714
    C3—216 to 254 centimeters (85.0 to 100.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; 11 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct and 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse faint mottles; massive; very firm; 11 percent coarse faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions and 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 90P04715. common weathered sandstone fragments; common medium distinct 10YR51 mottles; common coarse faint 10YR62 mottles