IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Darmstadt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IL051032
  • User Pedon ID: 86IL051032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0149
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59445
  • 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: 39.0308342
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8755569
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 20 feet W and 1600 feet N of the SE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL051—Fayette
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MSH, LLK, KDB, CCB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Albic Natraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 32
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Albic Natraqualf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00849. very few very fine roots
    1AE—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. very few very fine roots
    1E—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 37 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Light gray (10YR 7/2) silt band from 38 to 41 cm.; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common coats surface features on faces of peds; very few very fine roots
    1Bt1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 37 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; very few very fine roots; few fine faint 10YR58 mottles
    1Btg1—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 37 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00850. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; very few very fine roots; many fine distinct 10YR58 mottles
    1Btg2—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 37 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; many fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    1Btg3—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 37 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    2Cg1—119 to 132 centimeters (46.9 to 52.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00851. Few distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films along cleavage planes.; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; very few to few fine and medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    2Cg2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; very few to few fine and medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles