IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IL145017
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IL145017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48355
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 38.2141005
  • Std. Longitude: -89.3994778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 2340 feet N & 198 feet W of center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL145—Perry
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL145—Perry County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38089-B4—Winkle, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DRG, SJI
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Fragic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1979 (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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    41—104

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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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    155

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 1 percent medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26707; observed in push tube
    A12—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); variegated brown (10YR 5/3) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; 25 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26708; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480457; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480457
    A21—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse platy parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26709; observed in push tube
    A22—36 to 41 centimeters (14.2 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate medium platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on surfaces along pores; 10 percent medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26710; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480458; patchy - phpvsfiid 480458
    B21t—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; weak fine prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; 25 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # IL26711; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480459; continuous - phpvsfiid 480460; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480459; continuous - phpvsfiid 480460
    B22t—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; 25 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # IL26712; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480461; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480461
    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 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26713; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480462; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480463; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480462; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480463
    B3t—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and 50 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, and black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26714; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480464; patchy - phpvsfiid 480465; continuous - phpvsfiid 480464; patchy - phpvsfiid 480465
    C—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL26715; observed in push tube