IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menfro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO163046
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO163046
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8916346
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30678
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.9672222
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3450000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T54N
  • Range: R2
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet north and 2498 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO163—Pike

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MEL, FJY, CLL
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Menfro
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/31/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: limestone, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/31/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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—6

    6—124

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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

    10

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 2 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds and 2 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU036047
    Bt1—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine pores; prominent brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # MU036048
    Bt2—46 to 86 centimeters (18.1 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine pores; prominent brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # MU036049
    Bt3—86 to 124 centimeters (33.9 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU036050
    BC—124 to 135 centimeters (48.8 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU036051
    C1—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; 25 percent carbonate coats; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU036052
    C2—165 to 191 centimeters (65.0 to 75.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; carbonate coats; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU036053
    C22—191 to 213 centimeters (75.2 to 83.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU036054
    C31—213 to 249 centimeters (83.9 to 98.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; 3 percent carbonate coats; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU64816
    C32—249 to 282 centimeters (98.0 to 111.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # MU64817
    C33—282 to 315 centimeters (111.0 to 124.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # MU64818
    C34—315 to 348 centimeters (124.0 to 137.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # MU64819
    C4—348 to 368 centimeters (137.0 to 144.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; massive; friable; light gray (10YR 7/2) silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU64820
    2C5—368 to 384 centimeters (144.9 to 151.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; massive; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU64821
    2C6—384 to 406 centimeters (151.2 to 159.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; massive; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU64822
    R—406 centimeters (159.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.