IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bryce
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977IL075006
  • User Pedon ID: S1977IL075006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2781
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37361
  • 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: 40.6438889
  • Std. Longitude: -87.8730556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 2559 feet N and 45 feet W of center
  • Location Description: About 5 miles N of Cissna Park.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL075—Iroquois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL075—Iroquois County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. W. Scott and L. M. Kiefer.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bryce (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/9/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bryce
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: dead ice moraine
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/26/1977 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    0—48

    33—168

    48—147

    —48—

    —135—

    —99—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    914

    —

    —

    10.6

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    —

    —

    —

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    Ap1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21959
    Ap2—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21960
    Bg—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 3 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A21961. continuous - phpvsfiid 385946; continuous - phpvsfiid 385946
    Btg1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; black (N 2/0), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A21962. continuous - phpvsfiid 385947; continuous - phpvsfiid 385948; continuous - phpvsfiid 385947; continuous - phpvsfiid 385948
    Btg2—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; 3 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) fine distinct and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and olive gray (5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21963. Few slickensides.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 385949; continuous - phpvsfiid 385950; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 385949; continuous - phpvsfiid 385950
    Btg3—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent and 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent pressure faces; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A21964. Few slickensides.; continuous - phpvsfiid 385951; continuous - phpvsfiid 385951
    2BCg—114 to 147 centimeters (44.9 to 57.9 inches); silty clay; very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9 smooth boundary.
    2Cg—147 to 168 centimeters (57.9 to 66.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; 3 percent brown (10YR 4/3) coarse prominent and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses and 1 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A21965