IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IL145008
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IL145008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81IL145008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21367
  • 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: 38.0777083
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1650007
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1610 feet west and 1180 feet north of center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL145—Perry
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL145—Perry County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SJI, DRG
  • 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 #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over pedisediment with Sangamon age paleosol
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1981 (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—15

    15—89

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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

    4

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    134

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); variegated brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28395
    B21t—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28396. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460608; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460609; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460608; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460609
    B22t—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint and 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine faint mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28397. continuous - phpvsfiid 460611; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460610; continuous - phpvsfiid 460611; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460610
    B23t—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28398. patchy - phpvsfiid 460613; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460612; patchy - phpvsfiid 460613; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460612
    B31t—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); variegated grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28399. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460614; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460614
    B32t—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); variegated grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 10 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28400. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460615; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460615
    IIB33—89 to 124 centimeters (35.0 to 48.8 inches); variegated brown (7.5YR 4/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28401
    IIC—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); variegated pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; structureless massive; firm; prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL28402. patchy - phpvsfiid 460616; patchy - phpvsfiid 460616