IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hepler
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO013042
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO013042
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8901342
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27935
  • 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: 38.1754444
  • Std. Longitude: -94.0923889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T39N
  • Range: R29W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 800' South, 1000' West of NE Corner
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO013—Bates
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO013—Bates County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38094-B1—Appleton City, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry Kichler, George Simons, DSS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine Mollic Ochraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hepler
  • PSC - 46 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Quarles
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: rare ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    8—18

    18—62

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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

    1

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    236.2

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); 50 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; slow permeability; 0.5 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU019769; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); 50 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; slow permeability; 0.5 medium roots and 4.3 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU019770; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, 50 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; slow permeability; 0.7 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU019771; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; slow permeability; 0.6 fine roots; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU019772; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg2—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); 2.5Y 4/0 (2.5Y 4/0) exterior silty clay; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; slow permeability; 0.4 fine roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU019773; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg3—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior silty clay; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; slow permeability; 0.6 fine roots; 7 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU019774; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg4—152 to 216 centimeters (59.8 to 85.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior silty clay loam; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; slow permeability; 0.9 fine roots; 7 percent thin clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # MU019775; moist when described; observed in pit, small