IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plumfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 89IL055015
  • User Pedon ID: 89IL055015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0468
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63511
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 37.9150609
  • Std. Longitude: -89.0378382
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet E and 2060 feet S of the NW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL055—Franklin
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BCF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plumfield
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plumfield
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over Roxana Silts over Glacial drift
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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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    A p—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02682. common very fine and fine roots throughout
    2B x1—5 to 7 centimeters (2.0 to 2.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; strong medium platy, and strong thick platy structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02683. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 506041; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 506041
    2B x2—7 to 21 centimeters (2.8 to 8.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 15 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), moist, skeletans on faces of peds and in pores and 37 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, and white (10YR 8/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent fine distinct masses of reduced iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02684. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots between peds; common fine and medium distinct 10YR52 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 506043; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 506042; patchy - phpvsfiid 506043; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 506042
    2B x3—21 to 36 centimeters (8.3 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent fine distinct masses of reduced iron; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02685. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots between peds; common fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 506044; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 506044
    3B tgb1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, and brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 15 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 15 percent fine distinct masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02686. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many fine and medium distinct 10YR54 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 506045; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 515352; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 506045; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 515352
    3B tgb2—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 15 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, and brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 15 percent fine distinct masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02687. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many fine and medium distinct 10YR54 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 515353; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 506046; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 515353; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 506046
    3B tgb3—56 to 70 centimeters (22.0 to 27.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 37 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 15 percent medium distinct masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # 91P02688. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many fine and medium distinct 10YR54 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 506047; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 506048; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 506047; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 506048