IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Virden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IL067044
  • User Pedon ID: S1987IL067044
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87IL067044
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22055
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 40.4602750
  • Std. Longitude: -91.1591833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: about 320 feet south & 60 feet west of the NE section corner; MLRA 115C
  • Location Description: Located about 1 mile NE of Long Creek in a large (50) map unit (Typical Pedon site)
  • Map Unit: 50A—Virden silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL067—Hancock
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL067—Hancock County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40091-D2—Carthage West, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CEW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 44
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Virden
  • PSC - 48 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Virden
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Fine-textured loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Ponding: occasional ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/11/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other barren
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    AB

    Btg1

    Btg2

    Btg3

    Btg4

    Cg

    0

    20

    48

    61

    84

    107

    142

    20

    48

    61

    84

    107

    142

    163

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    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

    Ap

    AB

    Btg1

    Btg2

    Btg3

    Btg4

    Cg

    0

    20

    48

    61

    84

    107

    142

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    61

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    142

    163

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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 %

    Ap

    AB

    Btg1

    Btg2

    Btg3

    Btg4

    Cg

    0

    20

    48

    61

    84

    107

    142

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

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    0—48

    0—200

    48—61

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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

    0.5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (N 2.5/),, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; many (10.0) very fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33485. the neutral matrix colors in the Ap & A horizons are outside the RIC
    AB—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); black (N 2.5/),, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; 42 percent clay; mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; many (10.0) very fine roots between peds; 25 percent faint very dark gray (N 3/), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint irregular dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33486. The silty clay texture in the AB horizon is outside the RIC; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406356; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406356
    Btg1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 39 percent clay; mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) very fine roots between peds; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent spherical very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33487. continuous - phpvsfiid 1406351; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406351
    Btg2—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) very fine roots between peds; 10 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores and 25 percent distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent spherical very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33488. continuous - phpvsfiid 1406352; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406353; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406352; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406353
    Btg3—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.8) very fine roots between peds; 10 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores and 25 percent distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent spherical very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout and 25 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33489. continuous - phpvsfiid 1406354; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406355; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406354; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406355
    Btg4—107 to 142 centimeters (42.1 to 55.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; few (0.8) very fine roots between peds; 10 percent distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 25 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores; 10 percent fine prominent spherical very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout and 25 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33490. continuous - phpvsfiid 1406357; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406358; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406357; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406358
    Cg—142 to 163 centimeters (55.9 to 64.2 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silt loam; 26 percent clay; mottles; massive; friable; few (0.8) very fine roots top of horizon; 25 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores; 10 percent fine prominent spherical very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries throughout and 25 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # IL33491. continuous - phpvsfiid 1406350; continuous - phpvsfiid 1406350