IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscatune
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IL131001
  • User Pedon ID: S1975IL131001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75IL131001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20589
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.0968582
  • Std. Longitude: -90.5700447
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 505 feet N & 31 feet W of SE corner
  • Location Description: 505FT N of Sec.line fence,31FT W of oiled road center,16FT W of fence
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL131—Mercer
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL131—Mercer County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JSL, Joe B. Fehrenbacher, TSH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Pachic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatune
  • PSC - 66 to 116 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 - 5/1/1975
  • 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: 5/1/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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—66

    66—152

    —66—

    —86—
    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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    —

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; cloddy structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24111, IL24112. Horizon split for sampling: IL24111 0 to 13 cm, IL24112 13 to 25 cm.
    A1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24113, IL24114. Horizon split for sampling: IL24113 25 to 36 cm, IL24114 36 to 43 cm.
    A2—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24115, IL24116. Horizon split for sampling: IL24115 43 to 48 cm, IL24116 48 to 53 cm.
    AB—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24117, IL24118. Horizon split for sampling: IL24117 53 to 58 cm, IL24118 58 to 66 cm.
    Bt1—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24119, IL24120. Horizon split for sampling: IL24119 66 to 74 cm, IL24120 74 to 81 cm.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1253025; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1253025
    Bt2—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24121, IL24122. Horizon split for sampling: IL24121 81 to 97 cm, IL24122 97 to 112 cm.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1253024; continuous - phpvsfiid 1253024
    Btg1—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24123. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1253022; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1253022
    Btg2—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 roots; 6.0 fine pores; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24124. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1253023; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1253023
    Cg—152 to 218 centimeters (59.8 to 85.8 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; friable; 25 percent fine weak red (7.5R 4/4), moist, and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # IL24125, IL24128, IL24126, IL24127. Horizon split for sampling: IL24125 152 to 173 cm, IL24126 173 to 193 cm, IL24127 193 to 213 cm, IL24128 213 to 218 cm.