IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscatune
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1964IL167004
  • User Pedon ID: S1964IL167004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 64IL167004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20567
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 39.7345460
  • Std. Longitude: -89.9353412
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 24
  • Location Description: 550FT E of center of black top road on E-W 1/2mi then 181FT N to Musc.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL167—Sangamon
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL167—Sangamon County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe B. Fehrenbacher, John D.Alexander, ECAR, Burt W. Ray, Ralph E. Bourland
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatune
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatine
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    41—114

    —41—

    —73—
    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

    2

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    198

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    240

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; cloddy, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19574
    A—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; strong fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19575
    Bt1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; friable; light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19576. continuous - phpvsfiid 1253018; continuous - phpvsfiid 1253018
    Bt2—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19577. continuous - phpvsfiid 1253021; continuous - phpvsfiid 1253021
    Bt3—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent and 25 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on top faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19578. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1253017; continuous - phpvsfiid 1253016; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1253017; continuous - phpvsfiid 1253016
    Bt4—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on top faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19579. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1253019; patchy - phpvsfiid 1253020; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1253019; patchy - phpvsfiid 1253020
    BCg—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent and 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL19580
    C—130 to 165 centimeters (51.2 to 65.0 inches); variegated light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL19581