IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985MO195004
  • User Pedon ID: 1985MO195004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0653
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56919
  • 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: 39.0983315
  • Std. Longitude: -93.4361115
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet E and 50 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO195—Saline
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Baker and K. Vogt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenton
  • PSC - 32 to 82 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aquic Argiudoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or residuum weathered from shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—32

    32—155

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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

    6

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    235

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03387; moist when described;. many fine roots
    BA—21 to 32 centimeters (8.3 to 12.6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; 55 percent distinct , moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03388; moist when described;. many coats surface features on faces of peds; many fine roots
    Bt1—32 to 60 centimeters (12.6 to 23.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03389; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; many fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR42 mottles
    Bt2—60 to 87 centimeters (23.6 to 34.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03390; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; many fine prominent 10YR46 mottles; many fine prominent 10YR58 mottles
    Bt3—87 to 137 centimeters (34.3 to 53.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior silty clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent distinct , moist, nonintersecting slickensides and 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03391; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few nonintersecting slickensides surface features; many fine prominent 10YR46 mottles; common fine prominent 7.5YR46 mottles
    Bt4—137 to 155 centimeters (53.9 to 61.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior silty clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; strong fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 37 percent distinct , moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P03392; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; many fine prominent 10YR46 mottles; common fine prominent 7.5YR46 mottles