IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1940IL075004
  • User Pedon ID: 40IL-075-004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40IL075004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20424
  • Print Date: 5/12/2024

    • 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: 40.5867900
  • Std. Longitude: -87.9333874
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1518 feet E of SW corner
  • Location Description: 12 rods E of SW corner of SW10 & SE 40 on N side of gravel road
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL075—Iroquois
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL075—Iroquois County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JBF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1940
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lake sediments or lacustrine
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1940 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—30

    30—86

    30—152

    —30—

    —56—

    —122—
    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

    0.5

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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; strong medium granular structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16507, IL16510, IL16508, IL16509. Horizon split for sampling: IL16507 0 to 5 cm, IL16508 5 to 10 cm, IL16509 10 to 15 cm, IL16510 15 to 20 cm.
    A2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); black (5Y 2/1) silty clay loam; strong coarse granular, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16511, IL16512. Horizon split for sampling: IL16511 20 to 25 cm, IL16512 25 to 30 cm.
    Btg1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); variegated olive gray (5Y 4/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and black (5Y 2/1) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16513. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092124; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092124
    Btg2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent coarse prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 25 percent medium distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent carbonate concretions on surfaces along root channels; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16514, IL16516, IL16515. Horizon split for sampling: IL16514 38 to 46 cm, IL16515 46 to 53 cm, IL16516 53 to 61 cm.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092122; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092122
    BCtg—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent coarse prominent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16517, IL16519, IL16518. Horizon split for sampling: IL16517 61 to 69 cm, IL16518 69 to 76 cm, IL16519 76 to 86 cm.
    Cg1—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) silty clay loam; structureless massive; firm; 25 percent fine prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16520, IL16521. Horizon split for sampling: IL16520 86 to 97 cm, IL16521 97 to 112 cm.
    2Cg2—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) silty clay loam; structureless massive; firm; 25 percent medium prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16522
    2Cg3—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/2) silt loam; structureless massive; firm; 10 percent medium distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL16523, IL16524. Horizon split for sampling: IL16523 127 to 137 cm, IL16524 137 to 152 cm.