IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Viraton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO167045M
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO167045
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8916745
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 37.6981150
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3019640
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T34N
  • Range: R22W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 6200 feet N and 600 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 6200 feet north and 600 feet west of the SE corner of Sec. 2, T. 34 N., R. 22 W.
  • Map Unit: 73008—Viraton silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37093-F3—Polk, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Max Aldrich and Richard L. Henderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Viraton
  • PSC - 18 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Viraton
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 18 to 8 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or slope alluvium derived from cherty limestone and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: dolomite (dolostone)
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—18

    18—152

    58—102

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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

    4

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    308

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU036111
    Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU036112
    Bt2—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 60 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU036113
    2Btx1—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; weak medium platy structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 15 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions and 15 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU036114
    2Btx2—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm; brittle; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine dark concretions and 15 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU036115
    3Bt3—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) very gravelly clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU036116