IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscatune
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IL073121
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IL073121
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79IL073121
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21114
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.3483785
  • Std. Longitude: -90.1040185
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 630 feet E & 1815 feet S of NW corner
  • Location Description: 630FT E & 825FT N of SW corner of NW160,45FT N of farmstead line fence
  • 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-C1—German Corner, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WA, JA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 121
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatune
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatune
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    36—102

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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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    220

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26267; observed in push tube
    A12—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26268; observed in push tube
    A3—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26269; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 481359; continuous - phpvsfiid 481359
    B21t—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26270; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481356; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481356
    B22t—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26271; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481357; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481357
    B3t—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26272; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481358; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481358
    C1—102 to 107 centimeters (40.2 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26273; observed in push tube
    C2—107 to 119 centimeters (42.1 to 46.9 inches); variegated light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; structureless massive; friable; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL26274; observed in push tube