Rural Historic Structural Survey - Will County Land Use

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The slight rise that occurs at the Minooka
Ridge is more pronounced in some areas,
as shown in this illustration of the Wolf-
Mathers farmstead in Section 18 of
Wheatland Township, where the farmhouse
is set on the brow of the ridge and the barn
set into the slope. Several other farmsteads
on the western edge of Wheatland and
Plainfield Townships line have similar rises
in the landscape, such as the Stewart
farmstead in Section 30 of Wheatland, and
the Book-Susemiehl farmstead in Section 17
of Wheatland Township, where the barn is
set into the slope.
gravel present in the region and exposed underlying limestone beds in isolated locations. Another effect,
present along parts of the Des Plaines River and on the east bank of the Du Page River in Section 14 of
Wheatland Township, was the formation of sandstone and conglomerate rock from cementation of outwash
sands and gravels. 4
4 Fisher, Geology and Mineral Resources of the Joliet Quadrangle, 84–85. The following table lists some of the
predominant soil types present in rural areas of the survey area. The numbers are based on United States Department
of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service; subcategories such as 23A and 23B, which consider the overall slope of
the land, have not been included in this table. Note that each of the townships has different but closely related soil
types, reflecting localized variations formed during and after the last period of glaciation:
Soil Type Description Wheatland
Township
Du Page
Township
Plainfield
Township
Lockport
Township
23 Blount silt loam X
27B Miami silt loam X
27C2 Miami loam X
59 Lisbon silt loam X X X
67 Harpster silty clay loam X X
82 Millington loam X X
93 Rodman gravelly loam X
134 Camden silt loam X X
145 Saybrook silt loam X X X
146 Elliot silt loam X X X
148 Proctor silt loam X X X X
149 Brenton silt loam X X X
152 Drummer silty clay loam X X X X
194 Morley silt/silty clay loam X X
197 Troxel silt loam X
210 Lena muck X
219 Millbrook silt loam X
223 Varna silt loam X X
232 Ashkum silty clay loam X X X
240 Platville silt loam X
290 Warsaw silt loam X X X
293 Andres silt loam X X
294 Symerton silt loam X X X
Will County Rural Historic Structural Survey
Du Page Township Chapter I – 3