IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscatine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987IL113100
  • User Pedon ID: 1987IL113100
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87IL113100
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22078
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.4486667
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8959444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet E & 1700 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL113—McLean
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL113—McLean County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40088-D8—Bloomington East, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: PW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 100
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatine
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatine
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: deep loess
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1987 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33683
    AB—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), 80 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 20 percent brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33684
    Bt1—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33685
    Bt2—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33686
    Bt3—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine faint and 25 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine faint and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33687
    Bt4—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine faint and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33688
    BCg—112 to 145 centimeters (44.1 to 57.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine faint and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33689
    C—145 to 152 centimeters (57.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine faint and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL33690