IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1990MO019010
  • User Pedon ID: 1990MO019010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9001910
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27086
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 38.8255996
  • Std. Longitude: -92.4085028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Range: R14W
  • Section: 13
  • Location Description: 50 feet west and 2600 feet north of the southwest corner of sec. 13, T. 47 N., R. 14W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO019—Boone
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S.F. Miller F.J. Young
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leta
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/26/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding begining in nov
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/26/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 41
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    0—56

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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

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    914

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; firm; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014119
    A—15 to 48 centimeters (5.9 to 18.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014120. (Note: The three inch silt loam strata is in the lower part of this horizon.)
    C—48 to 56 centimeters (18.9 to 22.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # MU014121
    Bg—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014122
    2Cg1—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) stratified stratified silt loam; 1 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine mottles; massive; loose; 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014123
    2Cg2—112 to 165 centimeters (44.1 to 65.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; massive; loose; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014124
    2Cg3—165 to 183 centimeters (65.0 to 72.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) stratified stratified silt loam; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine mottles; massive; friable; 10 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU014125