IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bunkum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012IL083001
  • User Pedon ID: S2012IL083001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0527
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73179
  • 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: 39.1037250
  • Std. Longitude: -90.3471611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8 North
  • Range: 11 West
  • Section: 29
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL083—Jersey
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL083—Jersey County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39090-A3—Jerseyville South, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Randy Leeper
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bunkum
  • Classificaton Date - 11/27/2012
  • Classifier - RAL
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/27/2012 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    2

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    80

    1025

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    190

    12

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02418
    E—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak thick platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 10 percent fine distinct spherical black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 10 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, clay depletions on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02419
    Bt1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 75 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent medium prominent spherical black (5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02420. continuous - phpvsfiid 1068067; continuous - phpvsfiid 1068067
    Bt2—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 75 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions in matrix and 1 percent medium prominent spherical black (5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02421. continuous - phpvsfiid 1068068; continuous - phpvsfiid 1068068
    Bt3—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions in matrix and 2 percent coarse prominent irregular black (5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02422. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1068069; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1068069
    2BCtg—152 to 168 centimeters (59.8 to 66.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent sand; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 10 percent faint olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent medium prominent irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02423. continuous - phpvsfiid 1068071; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1068070; continuous - phpvsfiid 1068071; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1068070
    2Cg—168 to 200 centimeters (66.1 to 78.7 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; 12 percent sand; massive; friable; 10 percent prominent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent coarse prominent irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout and 25 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # 13N02424. the texture of the 2Cg horizon is sticky silt loam; continuous - phpvsfiid 1068072; continuous - phpvsfiid 1068072