IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blase
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989MO183018
  • User Pedon ID: 1989MO183018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0435
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62368
  • Print Date: 12/12/2024
  • 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: 38.8658333
  • Std. Longitude: -90.2022247
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: West Alton
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO183—St. Charles
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey over loamy, smectitic, mesic Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blase
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leta
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey over loamy, montmorillonitic, mesic Fluvaqu
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • 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

    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02414
    Ap2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02415
    Bw1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02416
    Bw2—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02417
    Bw3—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02418
    C1—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; massive; loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02419
    C2—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy fine sand; massive; loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02420
    C3—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02421
    C4—127 to 185 centimeters (50.0 to 72.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 90P02422