IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wilderness
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988MO167042M
  • User Pedon ID: 1988MO167042
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8916742
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 37.7589139
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2504306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T35N
  • Range: R21W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 4000 feet E and 600 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 4000 feet east and 600 feet south of the NW corner of S28, R21W, T35N. Roweton
  • Map Unit: 73010—Wilderness gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Max Aldrich and Richard Henderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • 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 - Wilderness
  • PSC - 18 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilderness
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 18 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from cherty limestone and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: dolomite (dolostone)
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/1988 (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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—18

    18—152

    56—94

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    —-

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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

    312

    180

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly silt loam; strong fine platy structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU036096
    Bt1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU036097
    2Bt2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) gravelly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU036098
    2Bt3—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very gravelly clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent fine light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions and 15 percent fine red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU036099
    3Btx1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and gray (10YR 6/1) extremely gravelly clay; massive; very firm; brittle; 15 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 75 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU036100
    3Btx2—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly clay; massive; very firm; brittle; 15 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 75 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU036101
    4Bt4—94 to 137 centimeters (37.0 to 53.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) gravelly clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU036102
    4Bt5—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) gravelly clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent fine reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU036103