IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Contrary
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987MO005008m
  • User Pedon ID: 1987MO005008m
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8700508
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26838
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025
  • 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: 40.5263889
  • Std. Longitude: -95.4872222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T66N
  • Range: R40
  • Section: 18
  • Location Description: 700 feet north and 300 feet east of the southwest corner of sec. 18, T. 66 N., R. 40 W - This is actually the description for M8700508
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO005—Atchison
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: entered by BE
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Contrary
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/13/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Contrary
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • 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

    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate thin platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU012307
    Ap2—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent medium worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU012308
    Bw1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU012309
    Bw2—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay depletions and 1 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 5 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU012310
    Bw3—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent medium prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay depletions and 1 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent fine prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU012311
    C—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak very thick platy structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent medium prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay depletions and 10 percent fine prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay depletions and 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU012312, MU012313, MU012314