IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO053040
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO053040
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8905340
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26611
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 38.9438889
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5435278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T48N
  • Range: R15W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 2500' W and 1100' N of the SE corner
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO053—Cooper
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO053—Cooper County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38092-H5—Rocheport, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John L. Baker, Greg Caldwell, David Skaer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey over loamy Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Leta
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blencoe
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium over silty alluvium
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/17/2004 (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

    cambic horizon

    0—30

    30—65

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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
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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; firm; slow permeability; 0.8 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU010699; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; strong very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; slow permeability; 0.8 very fine roots; 40 percent pressure faces and 70 percent prominent organic stains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU010700; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—46 to 65 centimeters (18.1 to 25.6 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; moderately slow permeability; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct organic stains and 40 percent pressure faces; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU010701; observed in pit, small
    2C1—65 to 99 centimeters (25.6 to 39.0 inches); 33 percent brown (10YR 5/3) exterior and 33 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior and 33 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) stratified sandy loam; massive; very friable; moderately slow permeability; 0.8 very fine roots; 40 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, organic stains on top faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU010702; observed in pit, small
    2C2—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silt loam; massive; very friable; moderate permeability; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent carbonate coats and 40 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, organic stains on top faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MU010703; observed in pit, small