IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Sampsel
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1988MO167005M
User Pedon ID:
1988MO167005
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
MCL
Lab Pedon # -
M8816705
Print Date:
2/17/2025
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:
37.7111389
Std. Longitude:
-93.2991472
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
T34N
Range:
R22W
Section:
1
PLSS Details:
5400 feet N and 175 feet E of the SW corner
Location Description:
5400 feet north and 175 feet east of Southwest corner of Section 1, T. 34 N., R. 22 W.
Map Unit:
70039—Sacville silty clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
State:
Missouri
County:
MO167—Polk
MLRA:
116B—Springfield Plain
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MO167—Polk County, Missouri
PEDON
Describers Name:
Lewis Graves and Richard L. Hendeson
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, smectitic Vertic Argiaquolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
map unit inclusion
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Sampsel
PSC -
15 to 65 cm.
Classificaton Date -
4/18/2012
Moisture Class -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Sampsel
Taxon Kind -
series
PSC -
15 to 65 cm.
Classificaton Date -
6/2/1988
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
slope alluvium derived from mixed and/or residuum weathered from limestone and shale
Landscape:
plateau
Landform:
hill
Geomorphic Component Hills:
head slope
Hill Slope Profile:
footslope
Slope Shape Across:
concave
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Runoff:
high
Drainage Class:
poorly
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/2/1988 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
argillic horizon
0—15
15—152
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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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296
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300
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Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU033921
Btg1—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 5.0 fine roots; 60 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU033922
Btg2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU033923
Btg3—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions and 10 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU033924
Btg4—84 to 135 centimeters (33.1 to 53.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine dark concretions and 30 percent fine gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU033925
BC—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU033926