IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IL121101
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IL121101
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84IL121101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21738
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 32
  • Location Description: Sam Winfrey Farm
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL121—Marion
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL121—Marion County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Fragic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 101
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • PSC - 26 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hoyleton
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1984 (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 -
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); 80 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31143
    Bt1—16 to 26 centimeters (6.3 to 10.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) fine distinct and 25 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine granular structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31144. patchy - phpvsfiid 479332; patchy - phpvsfiid 479332
    Bt2—26 to 40 centimeters (10.2 to 15.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 25 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; strong medium angular blocky, and weak thin platy structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31145. continuous - phpvsfiid 479333; continuous - phpvsfiid 479333
    2CB—40 to 77 centimeters (15.7 to 30.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; 10 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31146
    2C—77 to 150 centimeters (30.3 to 59.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 fine pores; pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # IL31147