IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marseilles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL073090
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL073090
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL073090
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20996
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 41.1569551
  • Std. Longitude: -90.3900666
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 530 feet S & 265 feet E of center
  • Location Description: In a pasture
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL073—Henry
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL073—Henry County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41090-B4—New Windsor, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 90
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marseilles
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gosport
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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—18

    18—81

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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

    35

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    228

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25463
    B1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25464
    B21—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25465
    B22—43 to 81 centimeters (16.9 to 31.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) silty clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25466
    C1—81 to 142 centimeters (31.9 to 55.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and olive (5Y 5/3) silty clay; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine faint mottles; structureless massive, and platy; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25467
    C2—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay; 25 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine mottles; structureless massive; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # IL25468