IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): cotton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO053053
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO053053
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8905353
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30973
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.7791111
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5850000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T46N
  • Range: R15W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 900' S and 2300' W of the NE corner
  • Map Unit: 73536—Cotton 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 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 - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/9/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - hapludalf
  • Classificaton Date - 1/6/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess over limestone residuum
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/6/2005 (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—28

    28—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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    266.7

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; slow permeability; 0.8 very fine roots; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035220; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    E1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior silt loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 very fine roots; 40 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent very fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035221; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) exterior silty clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent very fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035222; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 40 percent prominent silt coats on all faces of peds and 70 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035223; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior silty clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds and 70 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035224; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent prominent silt coats on surfaces along root channels and 40 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent very fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035225; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Btx5—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 40 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035226; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Btx6—104 to 135 centimeters (40.9 to 53.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior silt loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU035227; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Btx7—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silt loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak medium platy structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # MU035228; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small