IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Birkbeck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980IL115035
  • User Pedon ID: S1980IL115035
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0045
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50285
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 39.9066658
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8324966
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 488 meters east and 229 meters south of NW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL115—Macon
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL115—Macon County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Wacker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 35
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Birkbeck (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BIRKBECK
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty material or loess over till
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    E

    Bt3

    Bt4

    2C

    0

    10

    61

    61

    152

    10

    23

    107

    107

    173

    82P00191

    82P00192

    82P00193

    82P00193

    82P00194

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    14.6

    16.9

    33.4

    33.4

    17.4

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    82.2

    79.9

    63.7

    63.7

    46.8

    49.7

    48.6

    36.4

    36.4

    29.6

    32.5

    31.3

    27.3

    27.3

    17.2

    3.2

    3.2

    2.9

    2.9

    35.8

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    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    2.6

    0.7

    0.7

    0.4

    0.4

    4.2

    1

    0.9

    0.7

    0.7

    10.3

    0.8

    0.8

    0.8

    0.8

    12.3

    0.6

    0.7

    0.9

    0.9

    6.4

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    4.7

    5.3

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    7.8
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    E

    Bt3

    Bt4

    2C

    0

    10

    61

    61

    152

    10

    23

    107

    107

    173

    82P00191

    82P00192

    82P00193

    82P00193

    82P00194

    5.9

    4.5

    4.8

    4.8

    7.7

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    E

    Bt3

    Bt4

    2C

    0

    10

    61

    61

    152

    10

    23

    107

    107

    173

    82P00191

    82P00192

    82P00193

    82P00193

    82P00194

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—23

    23—137

    137—152

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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

    5

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    207

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    135

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine platy parts to moderate very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00191
    E—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; friable; 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) skeletans on faces of peds and 10 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00192
    Bt1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular black (7.5YR 2/1) iron concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular black (7.5YR 2/1) iron concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt3—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular black (7.5YR 2/1) iron concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00193
    Bt4—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint iron depletions throughout and 3 percent medium irregular black (7.5YR 2/1) iron concretions in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00193. Sampled from 61 to 107 cm.
    Bt5—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint iron depletions throughout and 3 percent medium irregular black (7.5YR 2/1) iron concretions in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary.
    2Bt6—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine irregular black (7.5YR 2/1) iron concretions in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 3 percent fine distinct iron depletions throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified.
    2C—152 to 173 centimeters (59.8 to 68.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct and 3 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent fine distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 3 percent fine distinct iron depletions throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 82P00194