IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marseilles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982IL131004
  • User Pedon ID: 1982IL131004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82IL131004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21412
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.1881129
  • Std. Longitude: -90.5811286
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet east and 2220 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL131—Mercer
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL131—Mercer County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marseilles
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marseilles
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess and/or shale residuum
  • Landscape: upland
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: weakly coherent shale, acid at 91cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    91 - 152

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—10

    23—91

    91—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

    35

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28954
    E—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28955
    2Bt1—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28956, IL28959
    2Bt2—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) silt loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct and 10 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) coarse distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; shale, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume gypsum, rock fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28960, IL28962
    2C1—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; structureless massive; friable; shale, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume gypsum, rock fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28963, IL28965
    2C2—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) silt loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse prominent and 10 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) coarse prominent mottles; structureless massive; friable; shale, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume gypsum, rock fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # IL28966, IL28968