IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscatune
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL039001
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL039001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21809
  • 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: 40.1914503
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8926970
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1188 feet E & 2211 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL039—De Witt
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL039—De Witt County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatune
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: knoll
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1985 (entry creation date)
  • 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
    • 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

    5

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    232

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    825

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    170

    11

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); variegated dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL31549
    Bt1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; friable; 50 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt3—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bt4—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bt5—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary.
    C—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); variegated gray (10YR 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6.