IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988IL055001
  • User Pedon ID: 1988IL055001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88IL055001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22109
  • 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: 37.9292167
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8174444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet south and 51 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: 2500FT N & 51FT W of the NE corner of Sec.12
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL055—Franklin
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL055—Franklin County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bryan Fitch, Dana Grantham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Fragic Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess and/or Roxana loess and/or Illinoian till
  • Landform: knoll, hillslope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1988 (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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

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    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

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    0—36

    43—335

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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

    1.5

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    128

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33911
    E—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33912
    BE—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) and light gray (10YR 7/2) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33913
    Btg1—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33914. continuous - phpvsfiid 427697; continuous - phpvsfiid 427697
    Btg2—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33915. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427694; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427694
    2Btg3—94 to 180 centimeters (37.0 to 70.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; faint light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds and faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments and fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33916. patchy - phpvsfiid 427695; patchy - phpvsfiid 427696; patchy - phpvsfiid 427695; patchy - phpvsfiid 427696
    2Btg4—180 to 246 centimeters (70.9 to 96.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse prominent and and and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33917. patchy - phpvsfiid 427698; patchy - phpvsfiid 427698
    3Btg5—246 to 335 centimeters (96.9 to 131.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33918. patchy - phpvsfiid 427699; patchy - phpvsfiid 427699
    3Cg—335 to 409 centimeters (131.9 to 161.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse distinct and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; very firm; 1 percent medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 3 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented igneous, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume rounded moderately coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter. Lab sample # IL33919