IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marseilles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL095060
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL095060
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL095060
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21027
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 41.0040374
  • Std. Longitude: -89.9966005
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet E & 132 feet N of the SW 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: 41089-A8—Lafayette, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MK
  • 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 #: 60
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marseilles
  • PSC - 36 to 86 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—23

    36—112

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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

    30

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    215

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots between peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25746
    A12—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots between peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25747
    B1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25748. patchy - phpvsfiid 481231; patchy - phpvsfiid 481231
    B21—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25749. patchy - phpvsfiid 481234; patchy - phpvsfiid 481234
    B22—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent manganese coatings in matrix; 11 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25750. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481232; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481232
    B23—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 25 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent manganese coatings in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25751. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481233; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481233
    B24—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine faint and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent manganese coatings in matrix; 1 percent by volume angular strongly coherent cemented shale, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25752. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481236; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481236
    C—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent manganese coatings in matrix; 1 percent by volume angular strongly coherent cemented shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # IL25753