IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Darmstadt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989IL027178
  • User Pedon ID: 89IL027178
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0759
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61858
  • 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: 38.6300011
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4327774
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 660 feet N and 224 feet E of the SW corner of the NE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Clinton County, IL.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL027—Clinton
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G.W. Lenz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Natrudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 178
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Darmstadt
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Albic Natraqualf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04393. common very fine roots
    E—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04394. few coats surface features; few very fine roots; few fine prominent 10YR46 mottles
    Bt—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 55 percent prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, coats; 1 percent irregular plinthite nodules; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04395. few plinthite segregations concentrations; many coats surface features; few very fine roots; common fine prominent 10YR46 mottles
    Btg1—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats and 37 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, coats; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04396. common coats surface features; few coats surface features; few fine roots; many fine prominent 10YR46 mottles
    Btg2—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, coats and 15 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats; 11 percent spherical masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04397. common soft masses of iron concentrations; few coats surface features; few coats surface features; few fine roots; common fine prominent 10YR46 mottles
    2Bg—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 15 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, coats; 1 percent spherical plinthite nodules; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04398. few plinthite segregations concentrations; few coats surface features; common fine prominent 10YR46 mottles
    2BCg—104 to 119 centimeters (40.9 to 46.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak very coarse platy structure; friable; 15 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, coats; 1 percent spherical plinthite nodules; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04399. few plinthite segregations concentrations; few coats surface features; common fine prominent 10YR46 mottles
    2Cg—119 to 193 centimeters (46.9 to 76.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) loam; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; firm; 11 percent spherical lime masses; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # 89P04400. common soft masses of lime concentrations; many medium prominent 10YR46 mottles