IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hickory
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IL121037
  • User Pedon ID: S1985IL121037
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL121037
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21842
  • 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: 38.7102222
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1188944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1155 feet N & 1280 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Carrigan 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-F1—Fairman, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TJE, CCM
  • 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 #: 37
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hickory
  • PSC - 13 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hickory
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1985
  • 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?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: TJE
  • 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—13

    13—61

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    —48—
    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

    32

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    145

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    230

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots; 25 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31822
    EB—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak medium platy, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 medium roots; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL31823
    Bt1—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 33 percent clay; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 medium roots; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL31824
    Bt2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 medium roots; 25 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 3 percent by volume 2-40-76 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL31825
    Bt3—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 36 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 medium roots; 50 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions; 3 percent by volume 2-40-76 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL31826
    Bt4—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; 33 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 medium roots; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions; 10 percent fine carbonate concretions; 5 percent by volume 2-40-76 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL31827
    Bt5—61 to 104 centimeters (24.0 to 40.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, and red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent medium carbonate concretions; 7 percent by volume 2-40-76 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL31828
    BC—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 10 percent medium iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; 25 percent medium carbonate concretions; 8 percent by volume 2-40-76 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # IL31829