IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gara
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987MO211006
  • User Pedon ID: 1987MO211006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8721106
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 29902
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: T64N
  • Range: R20W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2000' W, 1700' N of SE corner
  • Location Description: 340' W road fence, 440' N of cross fence remains
  • 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 - 2
  • 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

    13

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    990

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    165

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; 34 percent clay; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common roots; 35 percent faint clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032279
    Bt2—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few roots; 35 percent distinct clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032280
    BC—79 to 119 centimeters (31.1 to 46.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) coarse sandy loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; few roots; 35 percent organic stains and 70 percent distinct clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU032281
    C—119 to 175 centimeters (46.9 to 68.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sandy loam; 2 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments.