IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IL065009
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IL065009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 77IL065009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20865
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 37.9549160
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5082464
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 1285 feet south and 1250 feet east of the center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL065—Hamilton
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL065—Hamilton County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37088-H5—Walpole, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Fragic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1977 (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 -
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24681
    B1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24682. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 465227; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 465227
    B21t—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24683. continuous - phpvsfiid 465228; continuous - phpvsfiid 465228
    B22t—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24684. continuous - phpvsfiid 465229; continuous - phpvsfiid 465229
    B23t—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24685. continuous - phpvsfiid 465231; continuous - phpvsfiid 465231
    IIB3—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # IL24686. continuous - phpvsfiid 465232; continuous - phpvsfiid 465232