IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenbush
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL085007
  • User Pedon ID: S1978IL085007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL085007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21094
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 42.5002389
  • Std. Longitude: -89.9461844
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet S & 80 feet E of NW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL085—Jo Daviess
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL085—Jo Daviess County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dana Grantham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenbush
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/25/2011
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Downs
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1978
  • Classifier - Dana Grantham
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over Roxana loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    lithologic discontinuity

    redox concentrations

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

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    —

    0—20

    36—117

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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

    3

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    —

    293

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots between peds; 10 percent distinct worm casts in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25602
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots between peds; 25 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent distinct worm casts in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25603. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1466110; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1466110
    Bt2—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 29 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to strong subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots between peds; 25 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 50 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25604. continuous - phpvsfiid 1466111; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1466112; continuous - phpvsfiid 1466111; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1466112
    Bt3—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 fine roots between peds; silt coats on all faces of peds and 50 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25605. continuous - phpvsfiid 1466113; continuous - phpvsfiid 1466114; continuous - phpvsfiid 1466113; continuous - phpvsfiid 1466114
    Bt4—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 fine roots between peds; silt coats on all faces of peds and 50 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25606. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1466116; continuous - phpvsfiid 1466115; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1466116; continuous - phpvsfiid 1466115
    Bt5—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); variegated dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 27 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 25 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25607. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1466118; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1466118
    BC—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); variegated dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 10 percent prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25608. patchy - phpvsfiid 1466117; patchy - phpvsfiid 1466117
    2C—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 26 percent clay; structureless massive; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # IL25609