IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elpaso
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012IL147001
  • User Pedon ID: S2012IL147001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0531
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70847
  • Print Date: 5/9/2024

    • 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: 39.9051333
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6269556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17 North
  • Range: 5 East
  • Section: 27
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL147—Piatt
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL147—Piatt County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39088-H6—Cerro Gordo, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Randy Leeper
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • 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 - Elpaso
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/2012
  • 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 over calcareous loamy till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/28/2012 (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

    1

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    330

    890

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    170

    11

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02448
    AB—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 10 percent medium faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) iron depletions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02449
    Btg1—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; strong fine prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 75 percent distinct very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02450. continuous - phpvsfiid 1112497; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112497
    Btg2—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.8 fine roots; 10 percent prominent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 35 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent medium prominent spherical black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02451. continuous - phpvsfiid 1112498; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112499; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112498; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112499
    BCtg—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots in cracks; 10 percent prominent dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 35 percent distinct very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) organoargillans on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 25 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02452. the texture is heavy loam; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112500; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112501; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112500; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112501
    2C—140 to 254 centimeters (55.1 to 100.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 0.8 very fine roots top of horizon; 1 percent medium distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1) iron depletions in matrix; 6 percent by volume mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # 13N02453. this horizon has firm moist consistence in the upper part & is friable in the lower part