IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rushville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1948IL129001
  • User Pedon ID: S1948IL129001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2771
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37351
  • 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: 39.9961128
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8569412
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NE 40, NE 10, SE corner, 100 feet west of the road.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL129—Menard
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL129—Menard County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.R. Fehrenbacher and E.P. Whiteside
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rushville
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rushville
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/1948
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/1948 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21877
    A2—17 to 28 centimeters (6.7 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; platy parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coats; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21878
    B1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; fine subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) coats and distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coats; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21879
    B21—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay; angular blocky structure; very sticky; distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coats and distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) coats; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21880
    B22—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay; angular blocky structure; very sticky; distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coats and distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) coats; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21881
    B31—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) silty clay loam; moderately sticky; prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coats and prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1) coats; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21882
    B32—76 to 86 centimeters (29.9 to 33.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) silty clay loam; moderately sticky; prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coats and prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1) coats; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21883
    C1—86 to 99 centimeters (33.9 to 39.0 inches); 60 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21884
    C2—99 to 109 centimeters (39.0 to 42.9 inches); 60 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21885. Not sampled.
    C2—109 to 119 centimeters (42.9 to 46.9 inches); 80 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) and 80 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt; massive, and single grain; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21886