IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL075012
  • User Pedon ID: 78IL-075-012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL075012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21011
  • 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: 40.5818512
  • Std. Longitude: -87.8234976
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 2496 feet S & 100 feet W of NE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL075—Iroquois
  • MLRA: 110—Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL075—Iroquois County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40087-E7—Claytonville, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. M. Kiefer and W. R. Kreznor
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Classifier - decalsyn
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Milford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1978
  • Classifier - LMK and WRK
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine sediments
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: depression
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1978 (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

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    0—38

    30—152

    38—132

    —38—

    —122—

    —94—
    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

    —

    —

    202

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed and black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25593
    A—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25594
    BAt—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 50 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25595. continuous - phpvsfiid 1092134; continuous - phpvsfiid 1092135; continuous - phpvsfiid 1092134; continuous - phpvsfiid 1092135
    Bg1—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25596. continuous - phpvsfiid 1092137; continuous - phpvsfiid 1092137
    Bg2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25597. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092136; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092136
    Btg—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent faint olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 25 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25598. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092139; continuous - phpvsfiid 1092138; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092139; continuous - phpvsfiid 1092138
    B'g—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 50 percent distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 25 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25599. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092140; continuous - phpvsfiid 1092141; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1092140; continuous - phpvsfiid 1092141
    BCg—122 to 132 centimeters (48.0 to 52.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) stratified stratified loam to fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 1 percent fine faint gray (5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent fine faint gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25600
    2Cg—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; structureless massive; firm; 50 percent prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, pressure faces; 10 percent medium faint dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 10 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate concretions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25601. continuous - phpvsfiid 1092142; continuous - phpvsfiid 1092142