IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gara
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987MO211005
  • User Pedon ID: 1987MO211005
  • User Site Association ID: NC-ATL_Gara_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8721105
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 29903
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: T63N
  • Range: R19W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 1800' S and 2200' E of NW corner
  • Location Description: 70' E of Twin Cottonwoods at bottom of draw
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO211—Sullivan
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ATL—Atlantic, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO211—Sullivan County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lab data fill
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gara
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/25/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/25/2011 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    18

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; 37 percent clay; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common roots; 35 percent faint clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032275
    Bt2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 38 percent clay; 2 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few roots; 70 percent faint clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032276
    Bt3—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; 40 percent clay; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent distinct clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032277
    BC—56 to 102 centimeters (22.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent distinct clay films; 10 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032278. coarsely mottled
    C—102 to 203 centimeters (40.2 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; fragments. coarsely mottled