IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscatune
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955IL149009
  • User Pedon ID: S1955IL149009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2769
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37349
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • 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: 39.7088890
  • Std. Longitude: -90.7572250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SW 160, SW 40, SE 10, 60 rods east of southwest corner of Section 16, 7 rods north of center of gravel road
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL149—Pike
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL149—Pike County, Illinois
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Herman L. Wascher, George O. Walker, and Charles E. Downey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatune
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatine
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: till plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/7/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

    0

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21857
    A1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; moderate and strong very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21858
    A3—33 to 38 centimeters (13.0 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21859
    B1—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coats; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21860
    B21—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine prominent mottles; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coats; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21861
    B22—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine distinct and 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate and strong medium subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21862
    B23—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine distinct and 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21863
    B3—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) coarse mottles; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21864
    C1—132 to 168 centimeters (52.0 to 66.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) silt loam; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) coarse prominent mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21865
    C2—168 to 178 centimeters (66.1 to 70.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) silt loam; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) coarse prominent mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 40A21866