IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Darmstadt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IL049014
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IL049014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81IL049014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21340
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 39.1185880
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6502128
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet east and 600 feet south of northwest section corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL049—Effingham
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL049—Effingham County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CAM, MBL
  • 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 #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over Illinoian till
  • Landscape: till plain, upland
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

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    41 - 147

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    natric horizon

    0—33

    33—119

    41—147

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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

    0

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    185

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28007
    A2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate fine platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28008
    B21t—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots between peds; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds and faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28009. continuous - phpvsfiid 460780; continuous - phpvsfiid 460780
    B22t—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots between peds; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28010. continuous - phpvsfiid 460781; continuous - phpvsfiid 460781
    B23t—58 to 102 centimeters (22.8 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28011. continuous - phpvsfiid 460782; continuous - phpvsfiid 460782
    B24t—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28012. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460783; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460783
    B3—119 to 147 centimeters (46.9 to 57.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 25 percent medium prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28013. patchy - phpvsfiid 460784; patchy - phpvsfiid 460784
    IIAB—147 to 188 centimeters (57.9 to 74.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL28014. patchy - phpvsfiid 460785; patchy - phpvsfiid 460785