IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marseilles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL095058
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL095058
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL095058
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21026
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 40.9452517
  • Std. Longitude: -90.2731013
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 1188 feet W & 924 feet S of the NE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL095—Knox
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL095—Knox County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40090-H3—Galesburg East, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 58
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marseilles
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shale soil
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess
  • Landform: hillslope, drainageway
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—8

    15—76

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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

    45

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    228

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 2 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25739
    B1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate thick platy structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25740
    B21t—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25741. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481247; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481247
    B22t—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots between peds; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25742. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481249; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481249
    B23t—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 25 percent gray (5Y 6/1) medium distinct and 25 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; platy, and weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent distinct masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume angular strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25743. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481246; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481246
    B3—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); variegated gray (5Y 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; platy, and weak fine prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume angular strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25744. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481250; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 481250
    C—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); variegated gray (5Y 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate thick platy structure; very firm; prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent coarse prominent masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume angular strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # IL25745. patchy - phpvsfiid 481248; patchy - phpvsfiid 481248