IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Higginsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO053020
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO053020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8905320
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30976
  • Print Date: 4/1/2025

    • 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: 39.0300278
  • Std. Longitude: -92.9735556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T49N
  • Range: R19W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1700' N 700' E of SW corner
  • Map Unit: 10025—Higginsville 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: 39092-A8—Arrow Rock, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John L. Baker, Greg Caldwell, David Skaer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty Aquic Argiudolls
  • 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 - Higginsville
  • PSC - 38 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Higginsville
  • Classificaton Date - 12/27/2004
  • 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: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/27/2004 (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

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    38—124

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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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    234

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035053; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035054; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 34 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 65 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035055; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 16 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035056; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 19 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035057; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 45 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035058; observed in pit, small
    BCg—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior silt loam; 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 8 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # MU035059; observed in pit, small