IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gasconade
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988MO215215M
  • User Pedon ID: 1988MO215215
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1988MO215215
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8821520
  • 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: 37.0893056
  • Std. Longitude: -92.1891222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T28N
  • Range: R11W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1950 feet E and 800 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 1950'e & 800'n of sw corner s19, t28n, r11w.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO215—Texas
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO215—Texas County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: sid vander veen curt wiersema
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Lithic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gasconade
  • PSC - 25 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/6/2017
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gasconade
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, mixed Lithic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from dolomite
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Bedrock: h dolomite (dolostone) at 41cm
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUBE5

    SONU2

    Quercus berberidifolia

    Sorghastrum nutans

    scrub oak

    Indiangrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—41

    23—41

    41—0

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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

    9

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    354

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    225

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    A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, dry; extremely flaggy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 medium roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 70 percent by volume angular 150-265-380 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU034371
    A2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; extremely flaggy clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume angular 150-265-380 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU034372
    R—41 centimeters (16.1 inches); bedrock; fragments. bedrock is jeff city cherty dolomite.