IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscatune
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IL187104
  • User Pedon ID: S1986IL187104
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86IL187104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22012
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 40.6803861
  • Std. Longitude: -90.6721472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: about 120 feet east & 1,800 feet north of the SW section corner; MLRA 108B
  • Location Description: Located about 1 mile NW of the village of Swan Creek & about 1/2 mile NW of Swan Creek in a Tama (36B) map unit
  • Map Unit: 86B—Osco silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL187—Warren
  • 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: IL187—Warren County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40090-F6—Roseville, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MAS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Pachic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 104
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatune
  • PSC - 56 to 106 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ipava
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: knoll
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/23/2012 (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

    argillic horizon

    0—56

    56—127

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    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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    —

    237.8

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    825

    —

    170

    11

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33218
    A1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33219
    A2—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; distinct black (10YR 2/1) organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL33220
    Bt1—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium structure; friable; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds and distinct black (10YR 2/1) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33221, IL33222. Horizon split for sampling: IL33222 66 to 76 cm, IL33221 56 to 66 cm.
    Bt2—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on surfaces along pores and distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent distinct iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions in matrix; ; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33223, IL33224. Horizon split for sampling: IL33224 84 to 91 cm, IL33223 76 to 84 cm.
    Bt3—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on surfaces along root channels and faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33225, IL33226. Horizon split for sampling: IL33226 102 to 114 cm, IL33225 91 to 102 cm.
    Btg1—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on surfaces along pores and distinct brown (10YR 5/3) clay films on surfaces along root channels and faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33227
    Btg2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) clay films on all faces of peds and faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # IL33228