IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO117004m
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO117004m
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8911704
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27152
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 39.6205556
  • Std. Longitude: -93.6300000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T56N
  • Range: R24W
  • Section: 29
  • Location Description: 2,200 feet east and 800 feet north of the southwest corner of sec. 29, T. 56 N., R. 24 W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO117—Livingston
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: db
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenton
  • PSC - 33 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenton
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or residuum weathered from limestone and shale
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—33

    33—66

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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

    7

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    150

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014575
    A—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014576
    Btg1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 26 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014577. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 151494; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 151494
    Btg2—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium faint mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 fine roots; 26 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014578. continuous - phpvsfiid 158146; continuous - phpvsfiid 158146
    Btg3—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine distinct and 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014579. patchy - phpvsfiid 158147; patchy - phpvsfiid 158147
    2Cg1—66 to 104 centimeters (26.0 to 40.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; massive; very firm; 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014580
    2Cg2—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; massive; very firm; iron-manganese masses; light gray (2.5Y 7/2) carbonate masses and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU014581