IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cotton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO053067
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO053067
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8905367
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26447
  • 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: 38.8606361
  • Std. Longitude: -92.8459167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T47N
  • Range: R18W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 300' S and 1920' E of the NW coner
  • Map Unit: 73978—Cotton silt loam, 2 to 5 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-G7—Bunceton, 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 - 18 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aquic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - taxon above family
  • Classificaton Date - 1/18/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess over residuum from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/18/2005 (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—18

    18—64

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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

    4

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    246.3

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; slow permeability; 0.8 very fine roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009693; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct 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 prominent silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009694; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct and 20 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct silt coats on surfaces along root channels and 40 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009695; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 40 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009696; observed in pit, small
    2Ex1—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009697; observed in pit, small
    2Ex2—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; ; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009698; observed in pit, small
    2Ex3—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009699; observed in pit, small
    3Btx—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior extremely gravelly silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter chert fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter chert fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; neutral, pH 7.0 smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009700; observed in pit, small