IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Darmstadt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IL049011
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IL049011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80IL049011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21222
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024
  • 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: 39.0860579
  • Std. Longitude: -88.4011575
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1290 feet south and 800 feet west of the northeast corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL049—Effingham
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL049—Effingham County, Illinois
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FLA, LLB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Natrudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Huey
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess and/or Roxana loess and/or Illinoian till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: till plain
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1980 (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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    natric

    23 - 178

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    natric horizon

    0—23

    23—140

    23—178

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    1

    182

    135

    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; medium granular, and moderate fine structure; friable; 3.0 roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26869
    B21t—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) medium distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium structure; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; on top faces of peds and faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent black (N 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26870. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 459894; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 459894
    B22t—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; on top faces of peds and brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint black (N 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26871. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 459896; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 459896
    B23t—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; on top faces of peds and faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent black (N 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26872. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 459898; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 459898
    B24t—84 to 119 centimeters (33.1 to 46.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; on top faces of peds and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent black (N 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26873. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 459900; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 459900
    IIB25t—119 to 140 centimeters (46.9 to 55.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; on surfaces along root channels and faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent black (N 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26874. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 459902; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 459902
    IIC1—140 to 178 centimeters (55.1 to 70.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; 1 percent medium prominent black (N 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL26875