IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muren
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962IL003003
  • User Pedon ID: S1962IL003003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1999
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36157
  • 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: 37.2727776
  • Std. Longitude: -89.3483353
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: NE 160, NW 40, SE 10, 137 steps east of large mulberry tree and located at the foot of the slope 14 steps south of the gully in draw.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL003—Alexander
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL003—Alexander County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G.O. Walker, J.B. Fehrenbacher, and W.D. Parks
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muren
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/1962
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/22/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak and moderate thin platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15925. Soil may be removed from slope above and deposited on this profile.
    B1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15926. May be mixed with material deposited from slope above.
    B21—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15927
    IIB22—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15928
    IIB23—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15929. continuous - phpvsfiid 181348; continuous - phpvsfiid 181348
    IIIB31—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15930. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181349; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181349
    IIIB32—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15931. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181350; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 181350
    IIIC1—132 to 155 centimeters (52.0 to 61.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; 1 percent clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A15932
    IIIC2—155 to 183 centimeters (61.0 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; 1 percent clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A15933