IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Marseilles
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1978IL095058
User Pedon ID:
1978IL095058
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
IL SCL
Lab Pedon # -
78IL095058
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
21026
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:
40.9452517
Std. Longitude:
-90.2731013
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
11N
Range:
2E
Section:
16
PLSS Details:
1188 feet W & 924 feet S of the NE corner
State:
Illinois
County:
IL095—Knox
MLRA:
115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
IL095—Knox County, Illinois
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
40090-H3—Galesburg East, Illinois
PEDON
Describers Name:
MB
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 #:
58
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Marseilles
PSC -
15 to 65 cm.
Classificaton Date -
1/4/2010
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Shale soil
Classificaton Date -
10/1/1978
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
3
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
Peoria loess
Landform:
hillslope, drainageway
Runoff:
high
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/1/1978 (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—8
15—76
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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
45
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228
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A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 2 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25739
B1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate thick platy structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25740
B21t—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25741. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481247; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481247
B22t—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25742. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481249; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481249
B23t—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 25 percent gray (5Y 6/1) medium distinct and 25 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; platy, and weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent distinct masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume angular strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25743. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481246; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481246
B3—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); variegated gray (5Y 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; platy, and weak fine prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume angular strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25744. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481250; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481250
C—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); variegated gray (5Y 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate thick platy structure; very firm; prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent coarse prominent masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume angular strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # IL25745. patchy - phpvsfiid 481248; patchy - phpvsfiid 481248