IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dana
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990IL045003
  • User Pedon ID: S1990IL045003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P1085
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63018
  • 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: 39.1436750
  • Std. Longitude: -87.7239889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2595 feet south and 125 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: AS 50. NE160 SE40, 125 feet west of road center and 45 feet north of corner post
  • Map Unit: 56B—Dana silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL045—Edgar
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-AUR—Aurora, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL045—Edgar County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39087-F6—Paris North, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Leeper and J. Brewbaker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dana
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dana
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1990
  • Classifier - R. Leeper and J. Brewbaker
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: end moraine, ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—28

    28—102

    69—69

    —28—

    —74—

    —0—
    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

    1

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    —

    206

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    315

    91

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06686
    A—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06687
    Bt1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 55 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06688
    Bt2—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 55 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium irregular iron-manganese masses throughout and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 11 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06689
    2Bt3—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 37 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 1 percent by volume , 8 percent by weight nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06690
    2BCt—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 1 percent by volume , 8 percent by weight nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06691
    2C—130 to 191 centimeters (51.2 to 75.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; structureless massive; firm; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses and 5 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 5 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 3 percent by volume , 7 percent by weight nonflat subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P06692