IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscatune
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1939IL131003
  • User Pedon ID: S1939IL131003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 39IL131003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20408
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 41.0972832
  • Std. Longitude: -90.5723254
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 23
  • Location Description: 96 paces N of section line or S 24 paces N of 4th telephone pole
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL131—Mercer
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL131—Mercer County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.J. McKenzie
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatune
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/13/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1939 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—48

    48—127

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    —79—
    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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    A1—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15886, IL15888, IL15887. Horizon split for sampling: IL15886 0 to 13 cm, IL15887 13 to 23 cm, IL15888 23 to 33 cm.
    A2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; strong fine granular structure; friable; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15889, IL15890. Horizon split for sampling: IL15889 33 to 41 cm, IL15890 41 to 48 cm.
    Bt1—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15891, IL15893, IL15892. Horizon split for sampling: IL15891 48 to 53 cm, IL15892 53 to 58 cm, IL15893 58 to 64 cm.
    Bt2—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15894, IL15895. Horizon split for sampling: IL15894 64 to 69 cm, IL15895 69 to 74 cm.
    Bt3—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); variegated dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15896, IL15897. Horizon split for sampling: IL15896 74 to 79 cm, IL15897 79 to 89 cm.
    Bt4—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15898. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1252967; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1252967
    Bt5—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); variegated pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; iron-manganese concretions and 13 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 13 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # IL15899. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1252969; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1252969
    C1—127 to 203 centimeters (50.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive, and weak coarse angular blocky; friable; fine roots; 1 percent fine masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL15900, IL15902, IL15901. Horizon split for sampling: IL15900 127 to 152 cm, IL15901 152 to 178 cm, IL15902 178 to 203 cm.
    C2—203 to 290 centimeters (79.9 to 114.2 inches); 10Y 5/3 (10Y 5/3) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # IL15903, IL15905, IL15904. Horizon split for sampling: IL15903 203 to 229 cm, IL15904 241 to 264 cm, IL15905 269 to 290 cm.