IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959IL075001
  • User Pedon ID: 59IL-075-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 59IL075001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20483
  • 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: 40.7572604
  • Std. Longitude: -87.9586077
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1,450 feet north and 70 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: 18 rods N of bridge, 70 FT E
  • 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: HLW, JDA, JEP, LB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/9/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1959 (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

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    0—56

    46—152

    56—127

    —56—

    —106—

    —71—
    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

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18495
    A—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; moderate and strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18496
    BA—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 fine roots; 60 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 15 percent medium faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18497
    Bg1—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 fine roots; 60 percent faint dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (N 2.5/) iron-manganese concretions throughout and 30 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 30 percent medium faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18498
    Bg2—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18499
    Bg3—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) stratified stratified silty clay loam to clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 30 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL18500
    Cg—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) stratified stratified clay loam to fine sandy loam to silty clay loam to silty clay; massive; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 35 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 35 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1. Lab sample # IL18501