IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982IL145002
  • User Pedon ID: 1982IL145002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82IL145002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21419
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 38.2008396
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4321343
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 2260 feet north and 496 feet east 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: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • PSC - 36 to 86 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 Illinoian till with Sangamon age paleosol
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Runoff: low
  • 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—25

    36—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

    1

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    153

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29208
    A2—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29209
    B&A—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct white (10YR 8/1), dry, 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; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29210. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460641; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460642; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460641; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460642
    B21t—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29211. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460643; patchy - phpvsfiid 460644; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460643; patchy - phpvsfiid 460644
    B22t—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); variegated pale brown (10YR 6/3) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (10YR 5/3), 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; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29212. patchy - phpvsfiid 460645; patchy - phpvsfiid 460645
    B23t—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2), 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 # IL29213. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460646; patchy - phpvsfiid 460647; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460646; patchy - phpvsfiid 460647
    B3—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); variegated light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL29214. patchy - phpvsfiid 460648; patchy - phpvsfiid 460648
    C—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; distinct organoargillans on surfaces along pores; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL29215. patchy - phpvsfiid 460649; patchy - phpvsfiid 460649