IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crestmeade
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO053001
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO053001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8905301
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31013
  • 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: 38.6979444
  • Std. Longitude: -92.8133333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T45N
  • Range: R17W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 2000' E, 300' S of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: 32A—Crestmeade silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO053—Cooper
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO053—Cooper County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38092-F7—Tipton, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Baker and Greg Caldwell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine Typic Argialbolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crestmeade
  • PSC - 46 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/9/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Argialboll
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/2004 (entry creation 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

    mollic epipedon

    albic horizon

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—46

    46—61

    46—132

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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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    283.5

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); 50 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; slow permeability; 5.0 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU034989; observed in pit, small
    E—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots; 1 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains and 20 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU034990; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior silty clay; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine roots; 30 percent pressure faces and 70 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU034991; observed in pit, small
    Btg2—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 fine roots; 30 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent pressure faces; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU034992; observed in pit, small
    Btg3—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent pressure faces and 15 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats and 30 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU034993; observed in pit, small
    Btg4—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU034994; observed in pit, small
    C—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) exterior silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # MU034995; observed in pit, small