IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McGirk
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO053029
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO053029
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8905329
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27282
  • 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: 38.7378861
  • Std. Longitude: -92.6931111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T46N
  • Range: R16W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 900' W and 1420' S of NE Corner
  • Map Unit: 10103—McGirk 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-F6—Clarksburg, Missouri
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Greg Caldwell, David Skaer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine Typic 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 - McGirk
  • PSC - 43 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McGirk
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium & Alluvium
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/2004 (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

    aquic conditions

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    15—

    28—

    28—117

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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

    251.5

    0

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015427; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; slow permeability; 0.8 fine roots; 1 percent distinct silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015428; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; slow permeability; 0.8 very fine roots; 40 percent distinct silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015429; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg1—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; slow permeability; 0.7 very fine roots; 20 percent distinct silt coats on faces of peds and 45 percent distinct clay films; 1 percent very fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015430; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg2—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior silty clay; 18 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; slow permeability; 80 percent distinct clay films; 20 percent very fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015431; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg3—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent and 18 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; slow permeability; 0.8 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 18 percent very fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015432; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg4—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; slow permeability; 0.6 very fine roots; 18 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 45 percent distinct silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015433; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; firm; slow permeability; 0.9 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct silt coats and 18 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9. Lab sample # MU015435, MU015434; moist when described; observed in pit, small