IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muren
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IL033042
  • User Pedon ID: 86IL033042
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0087
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59383
  • 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: 38.9833336
  • Std. Longitude: -87.6666641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: About 1650 feet E and 2244 feet N of SW corner
  • Location Description: Atlas Sheet 44.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL033—Crawford
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FLA and RTR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 42
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muren
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muren
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    20—89

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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

    4

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    163

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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00529. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common very fine roots
    1Bt1—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 very fine roots; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few very fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; common fine distinct 10YR54 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 221402; continuous - phpvsfiid 221402
    1Bt2—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 very fine roots; 2 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans throughout; 11 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features throughout; common very fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR58 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 221403; patchy - phpvsfiid 221404; patchy - phpvsfiid 221403; patchy - phpvsfiid 221404
    1Bt3—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 very fine roots; 37 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00530. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR52 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 221405; continuous - phpvsfiid 221405
    1Bt4—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221406; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221406
    1C—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P00531. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common medium distinct 10YR52 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; few fine prominent 10YR44 mottles