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

    296

    300

    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