IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gifford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987MO121030
  • User Pedon ID: 1987MO121030
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987MO121030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0775
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60070
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 40.0358315
  • Std. Longitude: -92.6802750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T60N
  • Range: R16W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 5000 feet E and 800 feet S of NW corner
  • Location Description: 172 feet due W of N-S gravel Rd 290 feet due N of a pond dam.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO121—Macon
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MLC CL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 30
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gifford
  • PSC - 17 to 67 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gifford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Vertic Ochraqualf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed and/or alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1987 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRIFO

    Trifolium

    clover

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—17

    17—81

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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

    3

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    232

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    1Ap—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04216; moist when described;. Compaction noted in the Ap.; many very fine roots throughout
    1Btg1—17 to 28 centimeters (6.7 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 55 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04217; moist when described;. common fine and medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots throughout; common fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222457; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222457
    1Btg2—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04218; moist when described;. The accumulations were iron accumulations.; common fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; many medium distinct 10YR54 mottles; many medium distinct 10YR58 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222458; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222458
    1Btg3—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses and 11 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04219; moist when described;. There were common iron accumulations and few manganese accumulations.; common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots throughout; many fine distinct 10YR54 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222459; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222459
    2Btg4—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04220; moist when described;. There was some topsoil in a long channel.; common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; common fine and medium prominent 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222460; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222460
    2BC—81 to 106 centimeters (31.9 to 41.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 11 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04221; moist when described;. Pockets of coarse silts.; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots throughout; common medium prominent 10YR42 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 222461; patchy - phpvsfiid 222461
    2C—106 to 157 centimeters (41.7 to 61.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; 11 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint mottles; massive; friable; 30 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P04222; moist when described;. The concretions are manganese concretions. The color of the 2Btg is out on value.; many fine and medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common medium faint 10YR63 mottles