IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Darmstadt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986IL173083
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IL173083
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86IL173083
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21993
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.2748528
  • Std. Longitude: -88.7741944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1460 feet west and 120 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL173—Shelby
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL173—Shelby County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Albic Natraqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 83
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess and/or Roxana loess and/or Illinoian till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    53 - 102

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    natric horizon

    0—23

    23—38

    53—102

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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
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33028
    E—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium platy parts to moderate thick platy structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33029
    Bt1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33030. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427733; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427733
    Bt2—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33031. patchy - phpvsfiid 427734; patchy - phpvsfiid 427734
    Bt3—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33032, IL33034, IL33033. Horizon split for sampling: IL33033 80 to 91 cm, IL33034 91 to 102 cm, IL33032 69 to 80 cm.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427732; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427732
    BCg—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33035, IL33036. Horizon split for sampling: IL33036 102 to 127 cm, IL33035 102 to 152 cm.; patchy - phpvsfiid 427731; patchy - phpvsfiid 427731
    Cg—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on bottom faces of peds; fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # IL33037, IL33038. Horizon split for sampling: IL33038 127 to 152 cm, IL33037 127 to 152 cm.; patchy - phpvsfiid 427735; patchy - phpvsfiid 427735