IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muren
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987IL027051
  • User Pedon ID: 1987IL027051
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87IL027051
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22050
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 38.6554722
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6309972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet S & 300 feet E of NW corner
  • Location Description: Sugar Creek Township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL027—Clinton
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL027—Clinton County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38089-F6—Highland, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GWL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 51
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muren
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muren
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1987
  • 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: 9/1/1987 (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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33452
    Bt1—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33453
    Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 50 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33454
    Bt3—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33455
    2Bt4—71 to 117 centimeters (28.0 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33456, IL33457. Horizon split for sampling: IL33456 71 to 117 cm, IL33457 71 to 117 cm.
    2Bt5—117 to 137 centimeters (46.1 to 53.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 10 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33458
    2Bt6—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 10 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # IL33459