IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Gara
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1989MO129007
User Pedon ID:
1989MO129007
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
yes
Lab Source ID -
MCL
Lab Pedon # -
M8912907
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
31207
Print Date:
11/21/2024
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:
40.4300003
Std. Longitude:
-93.7283325
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
T65N
Range:
2R5
Section:
17
Location Description:
2200 feet north and 150 feet west of the SE corner of sec. 17, T65N, R25W
Map Unit:
30063—Gara loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, eroded
State:
Missouri
County:
MO129—Mercer
MLRA:
109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MO129—Mercer County, Missouri
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
Pedon Type:
representative pedon for component
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Gara
PSC -
15 to 66 cm.
Classificaton Date -
4/12/2012
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eighth edition
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Gara
Classificaton Date -
4/20/1989
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
fine-loamy till
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Slope Position:
lower third
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
4/20/1989 (actual site observation 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—15
15—43
—15—
—28—
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
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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 # MU035685
Bt1—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 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 # MU035686
Bt2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 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 # MU035687
Bt3—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 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 # MU035688
C1—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 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 # MU035689
C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 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 # MU035690