IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gara
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO129002S
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO129002S
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8912902
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27153
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 40.4216700
  • Std. Longitude: -93.4336800
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T65N
  • Range: R23W
  • Section: 24
  • Location Description: 1800 feet south and 1950 feet east of the NW corner of sec. 24, T65N, R23W
  • Map Unit: 30058—Gara loam, 14 to 18 percent slopes, moderately eroded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO129—Mercer
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-GAL—Gallatin, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40093-D4—Ravanna, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Buddy Festervand
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gara
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gara
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/10/1989
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/10/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Btk4

    Ck

    0

    15

    33

    51

    79

    102

    15

    33

    51

    79

    102

    152

    MU014582

    MU014583

    MU014584

    MU014595

    MU014586

    MO014587

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    19.8

    30

    33.2

    29

    29

    22.2

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    24.4

    27.1

    28.9

    28.9

    31.4

    46.9

    12.5

    14.7

    16.1

    16

    17.4

    23.8

    11.9

    12.5

    12.8

    13

    14

    23.1

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    42.9

    37.9

    39.8

    39.6

    30.9

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    1.6

    1.7

    2.3

    2.2

    2.3

    1.7

    7

    6

    5.3

    5.6

    5.9

    4.6

    12.1

    9.2

    7.3

    7.2

    7.6

    5.4

    25.5

    17.5

    15.1

    15.2

    15

    11.9

    25.5

    8.5

    7.8

    9.6

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    7.4

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    5.9

    5.3

    5.8

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    7.8

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Btk4

    Ck

    0

    15

    33

    51

    79

    102

    15

    33

    51

    79

    102

    152

    MU014582

    MU014583

    MU014584

    MU014595

    MU014586

    MO014587

    5.3

    4.8

    5.3

    6.7

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    Btk4

    Ck

    0

    15

    33

    51

    79

    102

    15

    33

    51

    79

    102

    152

    MU014582

    MU014583

    MU014584

    MU014595

    MU014586

    MO014587

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    15—79

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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

    18

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine platy parts to weak fine granular structure; many fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014582
    Bt1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; common fine roots; 3 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films; 7 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014583
    Bt2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; few fine roots; 7 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films; 25 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014584
    Bt3—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 7 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films; 7 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay depletions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014585
    Btk4—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; weak fine prismatic structure; 5 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films; 3 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron-manganese concretions and 15 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay depletions; medium prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014586
    Ck—102 to 200 centimeters (40.2 to 78.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak medium prismatic structure; 15 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2); medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # MU014587