IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscatune
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IL085028
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IL085028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 76IL085028
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 42.4306727
  • Std. Longitude: -89.9329116
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 2050 feet west and 295 feet north of southeast corner
  • Location Description: Nora Township
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL085—Jo Daviess
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL085—Jo Daviess County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42089-D8—Warren, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LAJ
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 28
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatune
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatune
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24442
    A1—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24443
    A3—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24444
    B1t—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24445
    B21t—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 25 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24446
    B22t—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24447
    B31—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24448
    B32—127 to 150 centimeters (50.0 to 59.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent and 25 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky, and massive; firm; 0.6 fine roots; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24449
    C—150 to 163 centimeters (59.1 to 64.2 inches); variegated light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; massive; firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # IL24450