IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cowden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960IL135001
  • User Pedon ID: S1960IL135001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1863
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36021
  • 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: 39.2794456
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6033325
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: SW 160, SW 40, NW 10, 618 feet south and 255 feet east of center of "T" road junction at the northwest corner of NW 10.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL135—Montgomery
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL135—Montgomery County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F.J. Carlisle, C.E. Downey, J.B. Fehrenbacher, L.J. Bartelli, J.F. Steinkamp, and D.B. Phillips
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowden
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/1960
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine pores; 3 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14858
    A21—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films; 21 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14859
    A22—30 to 37 centimeters (11.8 to 14.6 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint and light gray (10YR 7/1) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak coarse platy, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 21 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14860
    A2&B—37 to 41 centimeters (14.6 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine pores; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, clay films and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, clay films; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron concretions and 21 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14861
    B21—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 fine pores; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films and distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14862
    B22—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine pores; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films and distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 21 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14863. continuous - phpvsfiid 181189; continuous - phpvsfiid 181190; continuous - phpvsfiid 181189; continuous - phpvsfiid 181190
    B23—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium prominent mottles; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine pores; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 3 percent medium very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14864. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194145; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194146; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194145; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194146
    B31—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine pores; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14865
    I&IIB32—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse distinct and 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 fine pores; prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films and prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films; 3 percent fine very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14866. At intervals of 4 to 10 inches there are zones or volumes of material with horizontal dimensions of 1 to 2 inches for the shortest and 3 to 6 inches for the longest which extend vertically from top of B32 to top of C horizon; these zones have these characteristics: moist colors are grayish brown (10YR 5/2); many coarse distinct (10YR 4/4) mottles; silty clay loam texture with some grit; moderate medium to fine blocky structure; firm when moist; thick (10YR 2/1 moist) and (10YR 3/1 moist) clay films with many fine pores and root tracks; many fine pores in peds lined with (10YR 3/1 and 3/2 moist) clay films; pH 6.2.
    IIC—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine pores; prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films and prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films; 21 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron concretions; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A14867