IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hickory
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IL121002
  • User Pedon ID: S1985IL121002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL121002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21828
  • 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: 38.5195861
  • Std. Longitude: -89.0457250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 730 feet N & 1535 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Centralia Township
  • Map Unit: 8F—Hickory silt loam, 18 to 35 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL121—Marion
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-MAN—Marion, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL121—Marion County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38089-E1—Centralia East, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CCM, DBG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hickory
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ursa
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Chromic Vertic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1985
  • 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 Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: CCM, DBG
  • 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—28

    28—114

    —28—

    —86—
    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

    25

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    155

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    100

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loam; strong fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31698
    A2—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); variegated dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; strong medium granular, and strong coarse granular structure; very friable; 6.0 medium roots; 5 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31699
    E—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots; 5 percent by volume 2-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31700
    Bt1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots; 25 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31701
    Bt2—36 to 79 centimeters (14.2 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 medium roots; 50 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume 2-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31702
    Bt3—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 medium roots; 50 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3) iron depletions and 10 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume 5-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31703
    Bt4—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots; 25 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume 5-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL31704
    C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; very firm; 12 percent by volume 5-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # IL31705