IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Darmstadt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986IL173086
  • User Pedon ID: 1986IL173086
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86IL173086
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21994
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.2944833
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8581472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet east and 2060 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: 1100FT W & 2060FT N of the SW corner of Sec.22
  • 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 Aquic Natrudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 86
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess and/or Roxana loess and/or Illinoisan till
  • Landform: 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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    15 - 104

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

    ochric epipedon

    natric horizon

    0—15

    15—104

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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

    5

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33039
    Bt1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; distinct white (10YR 8/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33040. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427738; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427739; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427740; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427738; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427739; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427740
    Bt2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; distinct white (10YR 8/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33041. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427736; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427737; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427736; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427737
    Bt3—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33042. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427741; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427741
    Bt4—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33043. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427742; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427742
    2Bt5—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium platy parts to moderate thick platy structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33044. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427744; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427744
    2BC—104 to 135 centimeters (40.9 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak thick platy structure; friable; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; medium prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33045, IL33046. Horizon split for sampling: IL33046 119 to 135 cm, IL33045 104 to 119 cm.; patchy - phpvsfiid 427745; patchy - phpvsfiid 427746; patchy - phpvsfiid 427745; patchy - phpvsfiid 427746
    2C—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium distinct and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # IL33047. patchy - phpvsfiid 427743; patchy - phpvsfiid 427743