IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rushville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL157040
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL157040
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL157040
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21065
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 38.1655816
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6933093
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet S & 135 feet E of the center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL157—Randolph
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL157—Randolph County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38089-B6—Tilden, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Albaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 40
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rushville
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weir
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: depression
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1978 (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—30

    38—109

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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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    152

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium granular, and structureless massive; friable; 3.0 roots between peds; 25 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26124; observed in push tube
    A2—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.6 roots between peds; 25 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26125; observed in push tube
    B&A—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 roots between peds; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26126; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480088; patchy - phpvsfiid 480088
    B21t—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.6 roots between peds; prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26127; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480090; continuous - phpvsfiid 480090
    B22t—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26128; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480091; continuous - phpvsfiid 480091
    B23t—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct and 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26129; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480087; patchy - phpvsfiid 480087
    B3—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; prominent iron-manganese masses on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26130; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480086; patchy - phpvsfiid 480086
    C1—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL26131; observed in push tube