IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Xenia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990IL139004
  • User Pedon ID: S1990IL139004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990IL139004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P1082
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63015
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 39.5497589
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5889359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 50 feet S and 1050 feet W from NE corner
  • Location Description: 8 paces N and 25 paces W from Shingle Oat.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL139—Moultrie
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • 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 #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Xenia
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Xenia
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRIFO

    Trifolium

    clover

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

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    15—216

    28—127

    —15—

    —201—

    —99—
    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

    3

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    90

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06661. common fine roots
    BA—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06662. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    Bt1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06663. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles
    Bt2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06664. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR66 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    Bt3—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06665. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR66 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    Bt4—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06666. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR46 mottles
    C1—127 to 196 centimeters (50.0 to 77.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, black stains; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P06667. common black stains surface features; few fine roots; few medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR52 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR54 mottles
    2C2—196 to 216 centimeters (77.2 to 85.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; loose; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, black stains; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P06668. common black stains surface features; few fine roots; few medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR52 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR54 mottles
    3C3—216 to 229 centimeters (85.0 to 90.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; loose; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, black stains; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06669. common black stains surface features; few fine roots; few medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR52 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR54 mottles
    4C4—229 to 254 centimeters (90.2 to 100.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, black stains; fragments. Lab sample # 90P06670. common black stains surface features; few fine roots; few medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR52 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR54 mottles