IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gara
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO129010m
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO129010m
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8912910
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31205
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 40.2836113
  • Std. Longitude: -93.6477814
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T63N
  • Range: R24
  • Section: 6
  • Location Description: 1400 feet east and 1600 feet north of the SW corner of sec. 6, T63N, R24W
  • Map Unit: 30059—Gara loam, 20 to 30 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

  • Describers Name: jcr, bf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gara
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gara
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 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 # MU035696
    Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 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 # MU035697
    Bt2—33 to 69 centimeters (13.0 to 27.2 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 # MU035698
    C1—69 to 114 centimeters (27.2 to 44.9 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 # MU035699
    C2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 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 # MU035700