IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Darmstadt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IL121016
  • User Pedon ID: 86IL121016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0517
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58322
  • 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: 38.6166649
  • Std. Longitude: -89.0877762
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 1050 feet S and 390 feet W of the NE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL121—Marion
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WBD, CCM, TJE
  • 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 #: 16
  • 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 - 5/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1986 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 11 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03098. Common fine packets of yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) subsoil material.; common fine and medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few very fine and fine roots
    1Bt1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03099. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots; few fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR52 mottles
    1Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium and coarse distinct and 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 37 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium spherical dark nodules and 11 percent fine and medium irregular dark nodules; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. common fine and medium dark nodules concentrations; common fine and medium dark nodules concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; few medium prominent 7.5YR46 mottles; many medium and coarse distinct 10YR54 mottles; many medium faint 10YR52 mottles
    2Bt3—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) interior clay loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular dark nodules and 11 percent medium and coarse irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03100. About 1% by volume fine gravel.; common medium and coarse iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine dark nodules concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; many medium distinct 10YR56 mottles
    2Btg1—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and coarse prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 37 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium and coarse irregular iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent medium irregular carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. About 2% by volume fine and medium gravel.; common medium and coarse iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common medium carbonate nodules concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine prominent 7.5YR46 mottles; many medium and coarse prominent 10YR56 mottles
    2Btg2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and coarse prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 37 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium and coarse irregular iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent medium irregular carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P03101. About 2% by volume fine and medium gravel.; common medium and coarse iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common medium carbonate nodules concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine prominent 7.5YR46 mottles; many medium and coarse prominent 10YR56 mottles