IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Darmstadt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982IL049012
  • User Pedon ID: 1982IL049012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82IL049012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21411
  • 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: 39.1978813
  • Std. Longitude: -88.7637832
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1320 feet north and 1300 feet west of the center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL049—Effingham
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL049—Effingham County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LLK, MBL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Natrudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess and/or Illinoian till
  • Landscape: till plain, upland
  • Landform: flat
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1982 (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

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    69 - 196

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    natric horizon

    0—28

    28—38

    38—91

    69—196

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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

    2

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    187

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28817
    E—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28818
    Bt1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28819. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460343; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460343
    Bt2—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28820. patchy - phpvsfiid 460344; patchy - phpvsfiid 460344
    Bt3—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent medium prominent 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28821
    C1—91 to 147 centimeters (35.8 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm; 1 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 # IL28822
    C2—147 to 163 centimeters (57.9 to 64.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 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 # IL28823. continuous - phpvsfiid 460345; continuous - phpvsfiid 460345
    C3—163 to 175 centimeters (64.2 to 68.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28824. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460346; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460346
    C4—175 to 196 centimeters (68.9 to 77.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse faint mottles; structureless massive; firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL28825. patchy - phpvsfiid 460347; patchy - phpvsfiid 460347