IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Irondale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988MO123008M
  • User Pedon ID: 1988MO123008M
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8812308
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28109
  • 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: 37.4909439
  • Std. Longitude: -90.4299698
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T32N
  • Range: R6E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet E and 1700 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 1800 ft. E. and 1700 ft. S. of the NW corner of sec. 6, T. 32 N., R. 6 E.
  • Map Unit: 77007—Taumsauk-Irondale-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes, extremely stony45F—Taumsauk-Irondale-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes, extremely stony
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO123—Madison
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO123—Madison County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37090-D4—Rock Pile Mountain, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RM, JF andBB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Irondale
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/31/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Irondale
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over residuum
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: igneous, acid
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/18/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: B-5
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    86 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—23

    23—86

    86—

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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

    22

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    238

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    290

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very cobbly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU020970
    B/A1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very cobbly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine and medium granular structure; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU020971
    B/A2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very cobbly silt loam; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU020971
    Bt1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) cobbly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; clay films; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU020972. patchy - phpvsfiid 161899; patchy - phpvsfiid 161899
    Bt2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) cobbly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; clay films; 1 percent fine dark concretions; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU020973. continuous - phpvsfiid 161900; continuous - phpvsfiid 161900
    Bt3—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very cobbly silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; clay films; 10 percent fine dark concretions; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU020974. continuous - phpvsfiid 161901; continuous - phpvsfiid 161901
    Bt4—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) extremely cobbly silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; clay films; 10 percent fine dark concretions; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU020975. continuous - phpvsfiid 161902; continuous - phpvsfiid 161902
    R—86 centimeters (33.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.