IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ARMSTRONG
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988MO211005
  • User Pedon ID: 1988MO211005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8821105
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26457
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 40.1424179
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3152771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T62N
  • Range: R22W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 1530 feet west and 2260 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 1050 ft E. & 340 ft S. of South of center of sec. 25, T. 62 N., R. 22 W.
  • Map Unit: 30030—Armstrong clay loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, moderately eroded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO211—Sullivan
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO211—Sullivan County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40093-B3—Osgood, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chad Remley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Aquertic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ARMSTRONG
  • PSC - 20 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ARMSTRONG
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey till derived from mixed
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 40093b3sw
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion gully
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    redox concentrations

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    15—160

    15—130

    20—71

    —20—

    —145—

    —115—

    —51—
    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

    9

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    287.1

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    183

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; ; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very coarse roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU009767; observed in pit, large or quarry
    BE—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior ; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 fine roots; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains and 35 percent skeletans; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009768; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior ; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 15 percent skeletans and 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent fine red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent medium dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009769; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Bt2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior ; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 15 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 10 percent medium light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009770; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Bt3—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior ; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 15 percent faint clay films; 10 percent medium light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009771; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2BC1—79 to 130 centimeters (31.1 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior ; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 10 percent coarse light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009772, MU009773; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2BC2—130 to 160 centimeters (51.2 to 63.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior ; massive; firm; 10 percent coarse light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # MU009774; observed in pit, large or quarry