IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982IL145001
  • User Pedon ID: 1982IL145001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82IL145001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21418
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024
  • 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: 38.1942674
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4069558
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 2507 feet west and 210 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: DRG, SJI, NES
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Fragic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marine
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over Roxana loess over Illinoian till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1981 (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—18

    18—94

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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

    153

    225

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); variegated dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent fine distinct iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29201
    Bt+A—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); variegated brown (10YR 5/3) and light gray (10YR 7/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29202. patchy - phpvsfiid 460632; patchy - phpvsfiid 460632
    B21t—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29203. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460633; patchy - phpvsfiid 460634; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460633; patchy - phpvsfiid 460634
    B22tg—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29204. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460635; patchy - phpvsfiid 460636; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460635; patchy - phpvsfiid 460636
    B23tg—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29205. patchy - phpvsfiid 460637; patchy - phpvsfiid 460637
    B3—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29206. patchy - phpvsfiid 460638; patchy - phpvsfiid 460638
    IIAb—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL29207. patchy - phpvsfiid 460639; patchy - phpvsfiid 460640; patchy - phpvsfiid 460639; patchy - phpvsfiid 460640