IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscatune
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1942IL083002
  • User Pedon ID: S1942IL083002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 42IL083002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20432
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024
  • 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: 39.1723917
  • Std. Longitude: -90.3726741
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 23 rods from quarter corner
  • Location Description: 23 rods from quarter corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL083—Jersey
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL083—Jersey County, Illinois
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe B. Fehrenbacher & Charles E. Downey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Pachic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatune
  • PSC - 64 to 114 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatine
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1942
  • 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: 11/1/1942 (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—64

    64—119

    —64—

    —55—

    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

    A1—0 to 38 centimeters (0.0 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16831, IL16835, IL16832, IL16833, IL16834. Horizon split for sampling: IL16831 0 to 5 cm, IL16832 5 to 15 cm, IL16833 15 to 23 cm, IL16834 23 to 30 cm, IL16835 30 to 38 cm.
    A2—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent fine faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16836, IL16837. Horizon split for sampling: IL16836 38 to 43 cm, IL16837 43 to 48 cm.
    AB—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine distinct brown (10YR 5/3) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16838, IL16840, IL16839. Horizon split for sampling: IL16838 48 to 53 cm, IL16839 53 to 58 cm, IL16840 58 to 64 cm.
    Bt—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16841, IL16844, IL16842, IL16843. Horizon split for sampling: IL16841 64 to 69 cm, IL16842 69 to 74 cm, IL16843 74 to 79 cm, IL16844 79 to 86 cm.
    Btg—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16845, IL16846. Horizon split for sampling: IL16845 86 to 94 cm, IL16846 94 to 102 cm.
    BCg—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL16847, IL16848. Horizon split for sampling: IL16847 102 to 112 cm, IL16848 112 to 119 cm.
    Cg—119 to 155 centimeters (46.9 to 61.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; massive; friable; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # IL16849, IL16851, IL16850, IL16852, IL16853, IL16854, IL16855, IL16856. Horizon split for sampling: IL16849 119 to 130 cm, IL16850 130 to 140 cm, IL16851 140 to 155 cm, IL16852 155 to 170 cm, IL16853 170 to 185 cm, IL16854 185 to 201 cm, IL16855 201 to 218 cm, IL16856 218 to 234 cm.