IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cotton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO053051
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO053051
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8905351
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26445
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 38.7734722
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5960556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T46N
  • Range: R15W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2350' N and 100' W of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: 73597—Cotton silt loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes, eroded
  • 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 Baker, Greg Caldwell, David Skaer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cotton
  • PSC - 20 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - aquollic hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - taxon above family
  • Classificaton Date - 1/3/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess over limestone residuum
  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/3/2005 (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

    20—74

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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

    8

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    240.8

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; slow permeability; 0.8 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009677; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine prominent mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009678; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) exterior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct silt coats on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent very fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009679; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 40 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent very fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009680; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Ex1—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium platy structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009681; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Ex2—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior and brown (10YR 5/3) exterior loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium platy structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009682; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2BEx—119 to 130 centimeters (46.9 to 51.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior and brown (10YR 5/3) exterior clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium platy structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009683; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    3Bt1—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior extremely gravelly clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 40 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 65 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3 smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009684; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small