IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IL051042
  • User Pedon ID: 86IL051042
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0150
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59446
  • 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: 39.2047234
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9122238
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet E and 220 feet S of the NW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL051—Fayette
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MSH, KDB, CCB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 42
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Ochraqualf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00852. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine roots
    1E—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 55 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many coats surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    1Bt1—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00853. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; few fine distinct 7.5YR58 mottles
    1Bt2—64 to 99 centimeters (25.2 to 39.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine faint and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; many medium distinct 10YR58 mottles; few fine faint 10YR61 mottles
    1Btx—99 to 119 centimeters (39.0 to 46.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silt loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 15 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; many medium distinct 10YR58 mottles
    2C—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 15 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P00854. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; many medium distinct 10YR58 mottles