IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscatune
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960IL103001
  • User Pedon ID: S1960IL103001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 60IL103001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20496
  • 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: 41.6290239
  • Std. Longitude: -89.2253950
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 825 feet E of SW corner
  • Location Description: 50 rods E of SW corner of Sec.15 or 24 rods W of culvert in road
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL103—Lee
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL103—Lee County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Herman Wascher, John Alexander, H. Ray Sinclair, D.P. Winkelmann
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Pachic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatune
  • PSC - 61 to 104 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 - 6/1/1960
  • 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: 6/1/1960 (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—61

    61—104

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    —43—
    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

    1

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    A1—0 to 41 centimeters (0.0 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; black (10YR 2/1), moist, worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18653
    A2—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and 10YR 2.5/2 (10YR 2.5/2) crushed silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; black (10YR 2/1), moist, worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 1252988; patchy - phpvsfiid 1252988
    AB—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 fine roots; light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 1252989; patchy - phpvsfiid 1252989
    Bt—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18654. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1252987; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1252987
    Btg—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 1252990; patchy - phpvsfiid 1252990
    BCg—104 to 117 centimeters (40.9 to 46.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots; 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; gradual smooth boundary.
    Cg1—117 to 124 centimeters (46.1 to 48.8 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silt loam; massive; friable; 0.6 fine roots; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent fine distinct gray (5Y 5/1) iron depletions and 25 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL18655
    Cg2—124 to 254 centimeters (48.8 to 100.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) silt loam; massive; friable; 0.6 fine roots; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent fine distinct gray (5Y 5/1) iron depletions and 25 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 25 percent fine carbonate concretions; shell fragments fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # IL18656