IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marseilles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL095065
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL095065
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL095065
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21030
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 40.9902264
  • Std. Longitude: -90.1391691
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 528 feet W & 150 feet N of the SE 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-H2—Appleton, 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 #: 65
  • 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: drainageway, hillslope
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent sandstone and shale at 86cm
  • 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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    noncoherent

    86 - 152

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—15

    15—86

    86—152

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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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    223

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25767. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481238; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481239; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481238; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481239
    A2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and weak thick platy structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented shale, unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume rounded moderately coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25768. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481237; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481237
    B21—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to strong 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 and distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented shale, unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume rounded moderately coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25769. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481240; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481241; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481240; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481241
    B22t—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; 1 percent greenish gray (5GY 6/1) medium faint and 10 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) fine faint and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 medium roots between peds; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent very pale brown (10YR 8/4), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25770. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481243; patchy - phpvsfiid 481244; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481243; patchy - phpvsfiid 481244
    B23t—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 10 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) medium faint mottles; strong medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.6 medium roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25771. continuous - phpvsfiid 481245; continuous - phpvsfiid 481245
    B24—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine faint and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 medium roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume rounded moderately coherent cemented shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25772. continuous - phpvsfiid 481242; continuous - phpvsfiid 481242
    Cr—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; platy structure; very firm; 0.6 medium roots between peds; 10 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented shale, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume rounded moderately coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # IL25773