IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93IL163001
  • User Pedon ID: 93IL163001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 93163001
  • Print Date: 12/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 400'S & 50' E of where Parks College Airport Road enters highway.
  • State: Illinois
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WMM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, mixed Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riley
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy over loamy, mixed Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
  • Classificaton Date - 3/17/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: levee
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/17/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 17
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1); 24 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 42.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    C—25 to 99 centimeters (9.8 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2); 22 percent clay; single grain; loose; 3.0 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 35.0 fine and medium low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Cg—99 to 132 centimeters (39.0 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); 32 percent clay; 21 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; 1.0 very fine roots in cracks; 38.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 3 percent fine and medium irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Ab—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0); 38 percent clay; massive; firm; 1.0 very fine roots in cracks; 38.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine and medium irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog.