IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buckhart
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012IL137001
  • User Pedon ID: S2012IL137001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0530
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73249
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024
  • 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: 39.6575389
  • Std. Longitude: -90.1263389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14 North
  • Range: 9 West
  • Section: 17
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL137—Morgan
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL137—Morgan County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39090-F2—Jacksonville, Illinois
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Randy Leeper
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • 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 - Buckhart
  • Classificaton Date - 10/16/2012
  • 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: knoll
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • 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

    1.5

    8

    1025

    190

    12

    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02439
    A—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02440. this horizon is compacted due to tillage equipment
    A—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to strong medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02441
    BA—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); variegated 60 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 75 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02442. continuous - phpvsfiid 1112473; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112473
    Bt1—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 10 percent prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 75 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02443. continuous - phpvsfiid 1112474; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112475; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112474; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112475
    Bt2—94 to 145 centimeters (37.0 to 57.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 very fine roots; 10 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 35 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent medium prominent irregular black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02444. continuous - phpvsfiid 1112476; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112477; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112476; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112477
    BCt—145 to 163 centimeters (57.1 to 64.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 10 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02445. continuous - phpvsfiid 1112478; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112478
    C—163 to 198 centimeters (64.2 to 78.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) silt loam; massive; friable; 10 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and 35 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent irregular black (7.5YR 2.5/1) manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout and 25 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02446. massive with vertical cleavage planes coated with clay films; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112479; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112480; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112479; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112480
    Cg—198 to 230 centimeters (78.0 to 90.6 inches); variegated 80 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 20 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. continuous - phpvsfiid 1112481; continuous - phpvsfiid 1112481