IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988IL027069
  • User Pedon ID: 1988IL027069
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88IL027069
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22092
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 38.7108000
  • Std. Longitude: -89.2223667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet west and 237 feet south from northeast corner
  • Location Description: 2600FT W & 237FT E from NE corner of Sec.17
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL027—Clinton
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL027—Clinton County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DBG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Fragic Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 69
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess and/or pedisediment and/or Illinoian till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1988 (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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—18

    18—30

    30—91

    91—165

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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

    0

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    143.3

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 10 percent fine distinct iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33781
    E—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium platy structure; friable; distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33782. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427683; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427683
    Bt1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33783. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427687; continuous - phpvsfiid 427686; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427687; continuous - phpvsfiid 427686
    Bt2—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong medium prismatic structure; firm; prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33784. patchy - phpvsfiid 427688; continuous - phpvsfiid 427689; patchy - phpvsfiid 427690; patchy - phpvsfiid 427688; continuous - phpvsfiid 427689; patchy - phpvsfiid 427690
    Bt3—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and prominent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats between sand grains; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33785. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427693; patchy - phpvsfiid 427691; patchy - phpvsfiid 427692; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427693; patchy - phpvsfiid 427691; patchy - phpvsfiid 427692
    2Btx1—91 to 130 centimeters (35.8 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; medium prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33786. patchy - phpvsfiid 427682; patchy - phpvsfiid 427682
    2Btx2—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33787. patchy - phpvsfiid 427684; patchy - phpvsfiid 427684
    2Btx3—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) fine prominent mottles; structureless massive; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL33788. patchy - phpvsfiid 427685; patchy - phpvsfiid 427685