IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscatine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IL073125
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IL073125
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79IL073125
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21118
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 41.3977250
  • Std. Longitude: -90.3950339
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 110 feet S & 145 feet E of NW section corner
  • 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-D4—Coal Valley, 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 #: 125
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatine
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatine
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • 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—41

    41—81

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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

    0

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    227

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26297; observed in push tube
    A12—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26298; observed in push tube
    A3—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26299; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 481350; continuous - phpvsfiid 481350
    B21t—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, worm casts in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26300; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 481349; continuous - phpvsfiid 481349
    B22t—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26301; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 481348; continuous - phpvsfiid 481348
    B23t—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26302; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481346; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481346
    B31—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26303, IL26304; observed in push tube. Horizon split for sampling: IL26303 81 to 97 cm, IL26304 97 to 109 cm.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481347; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481347
    C1—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26305; observed in push tube
    C2—127 to 137 centimeters (50.0 to 53.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26306; observed in push tube
    C3—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26307; observed in push tube
    C4—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL26308; observed in push tube