IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hickory
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980IL157121
  • User Pedon ID: S1980IL157121
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80IL157121
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21267
  • 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: 37.9176833
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6526611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 1740 feet north and 330 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: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • 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: D Fielding, W Kreznor
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 121
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hickory
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • 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 - DF, WK
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—107

    —28—

    —79—
    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

    54

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    —

    155

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    45

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; fine granular, and moderate very fine structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27662
    E—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27663
    BE—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine structure; firm; prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, clay depletions on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27664
    Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), 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 4.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27665
    Bt2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry, sand coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, lamotte-morgan; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL27666
    Bt3—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium faint reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27667
    Bt4—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, sand coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent faint reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27668
    C—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; structureless massive; firm; 1 percent distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL27669