IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Darmstadt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987IL027024
  • User Pedon ID: 1987IL027024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87IL027024
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22042
  • 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: 38.5607556
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6377722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 2587 feet N & 1887 feet W of SE corner
  • Location Description: Lookingglass Township
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL027—Clinton
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL027—Clinton County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38089-E6—Trenton, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DBG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Natrudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 24
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • PSC - 91 to 141 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33402
    E—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; strong fine granular structure; friable; 25 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33403
    Bt—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; strong medium prismatic, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 50 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33404
    Btg1—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; strong coarse prismatic, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33405
    Btg2—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 50 percent prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33406
    Btg3—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; strong medium prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 50 percent prominent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL33407
    BCg—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 10 percent prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # IL33408