IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL005002
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL005002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20949
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.8106640
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4086759
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1287 feet S & 106 feet E of the NW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL005—Bond
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL005—Bond County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38089-G4—Beaver Creek, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DP, SD
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Fragic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over loamy Illinoian till with Sangamon age paleosol
  • Landform: interfluve, hillslope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1978 (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 -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—33

    46—102

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    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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    157

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25276
    A2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; weak very coarse platy parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25277
    B&A—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; strong fine prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual broken boundary. Lab sample # IL25278
    B2t—46 to 63 centimeters (18.1 to 24.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; strong medium prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25279. continuous - phpvsfiid 480469; continuous - phpvsfiid 480469
    B31t—63 to 74 centimeters (24.8 to 29.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25280. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480467; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480467
    B32t—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 25 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL25281, IL25282. Horizon split for sampling: IL25281 79 to 86 cm, IL25282 76 to 99 cm.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480468; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480468
    IIA—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) loam; 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) medium distinct mottles; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25283, IL25284. Horizon split for sampling: IL25283 104 to 112 cm, IL25284 124 to 130 cm.
    IIB1—132 to 165 centimeters (52.0 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) loam; 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) coarse prominent mottles; firm; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # IL25285