IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2011IL167282
  • User Pedon ID: 2011IL167282
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7653
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73267
  • 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: 39.7804361
  • Std. Longitude: -89.7772944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: MLRA 108B, SW 1/4 NW 1/4;
  • Location Description: Located about 680 feet south & 475 feet east of Old Jacksonville Road in Sangamon County, Illinois in a Fayette (280C2) map unit
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL167—Sangamon
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL167—Sangamon County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39089-G7—Farmingdale, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Crew
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elco
  • Classificaton Date - 6/13/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elco
  • Classificaton Date - 1/11/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over glacial drift that contains a strongly developed paleosol
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/11/2012 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    8

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    120

    1025

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    170

    11

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary.
    BE—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 75 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct spherical black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1144556; continuous - phpvsfiid 1144556
    Bt2—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct spherical black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1144557; continuous - phpvsfiid 1144558; continuous - phpvsfiid 1144557; continuous - phpvsfiid 1144558
    2Bt3—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct irregular black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1144559; continuous - phpvsfiid 1144560; continuous - phpvsfiid 1144559; continuous - phpvsfiid 1144560
    2Bt4—109 to 170 centimeters (42.9 to 66.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions throughout and 10 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent irregular black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; 3 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1144561; continuous - phpvsfiid 1144561
    2Btg—170 to 229 centimeters (66.9 to 90.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent irregular black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1144562; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1144562
    2BCtg—229 to 241 centimeters (90.2 to 94.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 10 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine prominent irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout and 25 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 8 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. continuous - phpvsfiid 1144563; continuous - phpvsfiid 1144563