IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pershing
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO053010
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO053010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8905310
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27475
  • 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: 38.8490556
  • Std. Longitude: -92.6241111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T47N
  • Range: R16W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 2500' N and 2250' E of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: 30167—Pershing silt loam, 2 to 5 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-G5—Prairie Home, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John L. Baker, Greg Caldwell, Dave Skaer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pershing
  • PSC - 56 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pershing
  • Classificaton Date - 12/22/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/22/2004 (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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    56—152

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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

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    245

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) 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 # MU016631; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots; 66 percent distinct silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016632; observed in pit, small
    BE—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots; 6 percent distinct silt coats on faces of peds and 7 percent distinct organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016633; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; 8 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 85 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016634; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dry; silty clay; 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 90 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016635; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; 16 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 36 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016636; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; 16 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 6 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # MU016637; observed in pit, small