IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscatine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986IL011012
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IL011012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86IL011012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21934
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 41.2540444
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8268972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 251 meters S & 159 meters E of the center
  • Location Description: Neponset Township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL011—Bureau
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL011—Bureau County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E Nizeyimana, K R Olson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatine
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tama
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    20—91

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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

    9

    73

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    234

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32547
    Bt1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine pores; 25 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32548
    Bt2—30 to 50 centimeters (11.8 to 19.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32549
    Bt3—50 to 75 centimeters (19.7 to 29.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL32550
    Bt4—75 to 91 centimeters (29.5 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions and 10 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL32551
    BC—91 to 120 centimeters (35.8 to 47.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions and 10 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL32552
    C1—120 to 205 centimeters (47.2 to 80.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine faint iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL32553
    C2—205 to 240 centimeters (80.7 to 94.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; friable; 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1.