IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rooks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88IL105003
  • User Pedon ID: 88IL105003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0132
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60255
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 40.9797440
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9295040
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 390 feet E and 2350 feet S of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: 542A—Rooks silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes542A—Rooks silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL105—Livingston
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL099—La Salle County, IllinoisIL105—Livingston County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Higgins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rooks (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mundelein
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1A p—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; silt loam; 5.5 medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00705. many medium roots
    1A—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 55 percent faint black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00706. many organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    1B t1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 37 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00707. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; many organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common fine faint 10YR52 mottles
    1B t2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silt loam; 11 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 37 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00708. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common fine faint 10YR51 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    2B t3—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silt loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00709. Horizon split for sampling purposes 76-86 cm 88P0709; 86-97 cm 88P0710.; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; many medium distinct 10YR56 mottles
    2B t4—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); 50 percent gray (10YR 6/1) interior and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 37 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00711. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common fine carbonate concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds
    3BC—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and 50 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 37 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00712. Few pebbles.; common medium carbonate concretions concentrations; common pressure faces surface features on vertical faces of peds
    3C—130 to 191 centimeters (51.2 to 75.2 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; massive; firm; 55 percent faint 2.5Y 5/0 (2.5Y 5/0), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P00713. Common pebbles. Horizon split for sampling purposes 130-160 cm 88P0713; 160-191 cm 88P0714.; many pressure faces surface features on vertical faces of peds