IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscatune
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954IL155001
  • User Pedon ID: S1954IL155001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 54IL155001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20446
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • 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: 41.1338590
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1823875
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 285 feet N of SE corner
  • Location Description: 285 FT N of SE corner on W side of dirt road
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL155—Putnam
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL155—Putnam County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.H. Beavers & Russell T. Odell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Pachic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • 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 - 7/1/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1954 (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

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—64

    64—119

    64—208

    64—208

    —64—

    —55—

    —144—

    —144—
    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

    3

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    A1—0 to 41 centimeters (0.0 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; fine granular, and platy structure; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL17806
    A2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; medium granular structure; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL17807
    AB—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL17808
    Bt1—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; faint organic stains on all faces of peds; 5 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL17809
    Bt2—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; faint organic stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL17810
    C1—119 to 135 centimeters (46.9 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 40 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL17811
    C2—135 to 173 centimeters (53.1 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL17812
    C3—173 to 208 centimeters (68.1 to 81.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 35 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL17813
    2C4—208 to 234 centimeters (81.9 to 92.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; massive; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # IL17814