IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sampsel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989MO167050M
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO167050
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8916750
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 37.6283278
  • Std. Longitude: -93.5564333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T33N
  • Range: R24W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet W and 650 feet S of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 200 feet west and 650 feet south of the Southwest corner of section 4, T. 33 N., R. 24 W. Fair Play
  • Map Unit: 70039—Sacville silty clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Henderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sampsel
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sampsel
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from mixed and/or residuum weathered from limestone and shale
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/24/1989 (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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    30—213

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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

    2

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    299

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    45

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    A—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15.0 very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU036121
    Btg1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU036122
    Btg2—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine roots; 30 percent pressure faces and 40 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on faces of peds and 40 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU036123
    Btg3—76 to 122 centimeters (29.9 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 4 percent prominent pressure faces on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent medium light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU036124
    Btg4—122 to 183 centimeters (48.0 to 72.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 4 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 4 percent prominent pressure faces on faces of peds; 25 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU036125
    Btg5—183 to 213 centimeters (72.0 to 83.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) cobbly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 4 percent prominent pressure faces on faces of peds; 10 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU036126