IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hickory
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980IL157120
  • User Pedon ID: S1980IL157120
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80IL157120
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21266
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 37.9328639
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6754250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1940 feet north and 1540 feet west of southeast corner
  • Map Unit: 8G—Hickory silt loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL157—Randolph
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-MAN—Marion, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL157—Randolph County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37089-H6—Welge, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W Kreznor, R Schoeppel, G Hamilton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 120
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hickory
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/2018
  • Classifier - RT
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hickory
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1980
  • Classifier - WK, RS, GH
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinois-age till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: WK, RS, GH
  • 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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    38—130

    —38—

    —92—
    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

    50

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    —

    152

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    350

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    Oe—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) moderately decomposed plant material; 5.0 roots between peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27654
    E—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27655
    BE—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27656
    Bt1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, clay depletions on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27657
    Bt2—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27658
    Bt3—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27659
    Bt4—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27660
    C—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent fine faint very pale brown (10YR 7/4), moist, and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL27661