IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Darmstadt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989IL027185
  • User Pedon ID: 1989IL027185
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89IL027185
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22166
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.5710750
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5444028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 2640 feet east and 1320 feet north of southwest corner
  • Location Description: NE corner of S1/2 of SW1/4, Breese 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

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. E. S.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Natrudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 185
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • 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: 8/1/1989 (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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    46 - 190

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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—20

    20—46

    46—190

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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

    1

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    144.2

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34379
    Bt1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34380. continuous - phpvsfiid 427928; continuous - phpvsfiid 427928
    Bt2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; strong medium prismatic structure; firm; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34381. continuous - phpvsfiid 427929; continuous - phpvsfiid 427929
    Btg1—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2) loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34382. patchy - phpvsfiid 427930; patchy - phpvsfiid 427930
    Btg2—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2) loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34383. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427931; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 427931
    Btg3—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2) loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34384. patchy - phpvsfiid 427927; patchy - phpvsfiid 427927
    BCg—132 to 145 centimeters (52.0 to 57.1 inches); reddish gray (2.5YR 6/1) loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; faint weak red (2.5YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34385. patchy - phpvsfiid 427926; patchy - phpvsfiid 427926
    2Cg—145 to 190 centimeters (57.1 to 74.8 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2) silt loam; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL34386