IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menfro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1944IL117021
  • User Pedon ID: S1944IL117021
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1944IL117021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2750
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37330
  • 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: 39.1088905
  • Std. Longitude: -90.1436081
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 of NW 1/4
  • Location Description: about one mile southwest of Piasa, Illinois.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL117—Macoupin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL117—Macoupin County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Wascher, E.P. Whiteside, G. Mickelson, L.T. Alexander, A.M. O'Neal and R.J. Muckenhirn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Menfro
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clinton
  • Classificaton Date - 10/11/1944
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/11/1944 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CARYA

    QUAL

    QUST

    RIMO2

    ULMUS

    ULMUS

    Carya

    Quercus alba

    Quercus stellata

    Ribes montigenum

    Ulmus

    Ulmus

    hybrid hickory

    white oak

    post oak

    gooseberry currant

    elm

    elm

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    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

    6

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    0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A21630. Not sampled.
    A1—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) silt loam; very fine and fine granular structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21631
    A21—11 to 20 centimeters (4.3 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; fine granular structure; 21.0 roots; 3 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21632
    A22—20 to 31 centimeters (7.9 to 12.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; coarse granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 21 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21633
    A3—31 to 41 centimeters (12.2 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; medium angular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21634
    B1—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; medium angular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21635
    B21—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21636
    B22—61 to 72 centimeters (24.0 to 28.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21637
    B23—72 to 82 centimeters (28.3 to 32.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; medium angular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21638
    B31—82 to 89 centimeters (32.3 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) silty clay loam; medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21639
    B32—89 to 96 centimeters (35.0 to 37.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; medium angular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21640
    B33—96 to 102 centimeters (37.8 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21641
    B34—102 to 112 centimeters (40.2 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; medium and coarse angular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21642
    B35—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; coarse angular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21643
    B36—127 to 135 centimeters (50.0 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; very coarse angular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21644
    C1—135 to 145 centimeters (53.1 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21645
    C2—145 to 155 centimeters (57.1 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21646
    C3—155 to 171 centimeters (61.0 to 67.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21647
    C1—171 to 186 centimeters (67.3 to 73.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; massive; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21648
    C5—186 to 204 centimeters (73.2 to 80.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21649