IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IL065011
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IL065011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 77IL065011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20867
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 37.9501355
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5501477
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 2440 feet north and 76 feet west 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-silty, mixed, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • 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:
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24693
    B1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films and 25 percent faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24694
    B21t—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24695. continuous - phpvsfiid 465241; continuous - phpvsfiid 465241
    B22t—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24696. continuous - phpvsfiid 465242; continuous - phpvsfiid 465242
    B23t—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24697. continuous - phpvsfiid 465243; continuous - phpvsfiid 465243
    IIB3—107 to 165 centimeters (42.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse faint mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # IL24698