IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Muscatine
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1980IL131002
User Pedon ID:
S1980IL131002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
IL SCL
Lab Pedon # -
80IL131002
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
21191
Print Date:
3/2/2025
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:
41.3083600
Std. Longitude:
-90.7266700
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
15N
Range:
3W
Section:
9
PLSS Details:
about 225 feet west and 2,031 feet south of the NE section corner; MLRA 108B
Location Description:
Located about 3/4 mile east of Illinois Slough and about 1/2 mile south of the village of Hamlet in a large Muscatine (41) map unit
Map Unit:
51A—Muscatune silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
Country:
US—United States
State:
Illinois
County:
IL131—Mercer
MLRA:
108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
Regional Office:
NC—North Central
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NC-SPI—Springfield, Illinois
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
IL131—Mercer County, Illinois
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
41090-C6—Reynolds, Illinois
PEDON
Describers Name:
DEC
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
map unit inclusion
Pedon Purpose:
soil survey inventory
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Pedon #:
2
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Muscatine
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
1/4/2010
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
aquic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Muscatine
Classificaton Date -
1/1/1980
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
loess
Landscape:
till plain
Landform:
loess-covered till plain
Geomorphic Component Hills:
interfluve
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
3/21/2012 (entry creation date)
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
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
cambic horizon
reduced matrix
0—51
51—99
51—152
—-
—-
—-
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
—
—
247
—
110
1050
—
190
13
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27283
A1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27284
A2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27285
Btg1—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL27286. continuous - phpvsfiid 1147642; continuous - phpvsfiid 1147643; continuous - phpvsfiid 1147642; continuous - phpvsfiid 1147643
Btg2—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27287. continuous - phpvsfiid 1147641; continuous - phpvsfiid 1147641
Btg3—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27288. continuous - phpvsfiid 1147644; continuous - phpvsfiid 1147644
BC—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL27289. patchy - phpvsfiid 1147640; patchy - phpvsfiid 1147640
C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; structureless massive; firm; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL27290