IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IL049002
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IL049002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81IL049002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21336
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 39.1021771
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5800383
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 1420 feet south and 945 feet west of northeast section corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL049—Effingham
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL049—Effingham County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LLB, MBL, CAM
  • 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess and/or Roxana loess and/or Illinoian till
  • Landscape: till plain, upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    48—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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    178

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27972
    A2—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 0.6 roots between peds; 10 percent fine prominent 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27973
    B1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27974. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460348; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460348
    B21t—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27975. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460350; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460350
    B22t—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27976. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460351; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460351
    B23t—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27977. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460352; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460352
    IIB3—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27978. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460353; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460353
    IIC1—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27979. patchy - phpvsfiid 460354; patchy - phpvsfiid 460354
    IIC2—165 to 190 centimeters (65.0 to 74.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent medium prominent 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL27980