IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Osco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012IL021001
  • User Pedon ID: S2012IL021001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0525
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71075
  • 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: 39.6017444
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4020056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13 North
  • Range: 3 West
  • Section: 2
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL021—Christian
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL021—Christian County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39089-E4—Kincaid, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Randy Leeper
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Osco
  • Classificaton Date - 11/27/2012
  • Classifier - RAL
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/27/2012 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    280

    890

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    170

    11

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; 12 percent sand; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02403
    A—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 35 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02404. continuous - phpvsfiid 1112482; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112482
    BA—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 1 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, clay depletions on faces of peds and 1 percent fine distinct irregular black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02405
    Bt1—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout and 10 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, clay depletions on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02406. continuous - phpvsfiid 1112483; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112483
    Bt2—74 to 120 centimeters (29.1 to 47.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 75 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct irregular black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02407. few fine roots in channels; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112484; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112484
    Bt3—120 to 152 centimeters (47.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 75 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct irregular black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02408. continuous - phpvsfiid 1112485; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112485
    Bt4—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 10 percent prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 35 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct irregular black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02409. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112486; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112487; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112486; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112487
    BCt—183 to 234 centimeters (72.0 to 92.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 10 percent prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organoargillans on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 35 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent medium prominent irregular black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # 13N02410. common cleavage planes; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112488; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112489; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112490; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1112488; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112489; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112490