IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muren
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IL133005
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IL133005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79IL133005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21084
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 38.3988971
  • Std. Longitude: -90.2219653
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet W & 100 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL133—Monroe
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL133—Monroe County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38090-D2—Columbia, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H, O'G
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muren
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muren
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: divide
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1978 (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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—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

    3

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    174

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    225

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26475; observed in push tube
    Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26476; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 481328; continuous - phpvsfiid 481329; patchy - phpvsfiid 481328; continuous - phpvsfiid 481329
    Bt2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine faint and 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26477; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 481326; continuous - phpvsfiid 481327; patchy - phpvsfiid 481326; continuous - phpvsfiid 481327
    Bt3—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 10 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 50 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26478; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 481330; patchy - phpvsfiid 481331; continuous - phpvsfiid 481330; patchy - phpvsfiid 481331
    Bt4—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 10 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 50 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26479; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 481332; patchy - phpvsfiid 481333; continuous - phpvsfiid 481332; patchy - phpvsfiid 481333
    Bt5—109 to 135 centimeters (42.9 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 10 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26480; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481336; patchy - phpvsfiid 481337; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481336; patchy - phpvsfiid 481337
    Bt6—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 10 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 25 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter. Lab sample # IL26481; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481334; patchy - phpvsfiid 481335; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481334; patchy - phpvsfiid 481335