IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cotton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1990MO053012
  • User Pedon ID: 1990MO053012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9005312
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26448
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 38.7248889
  • Std. Longitude: -92.7516944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T46N
  • Range: R17W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 3100' east and 1300' south of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: 93B—Cotton silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO053—Cooper
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO053—Cooper County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38092-F7—Tipton, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Baker, Greg Caldwell, David Skaer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cotton
  • PSC - 36 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aquic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - taxon above family
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: rare ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/26/2004 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    fragic soil properties

    0—20

    36—84

    84—152

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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

    3

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    268.2

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; slow permeability; 5.0 very fine roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009701; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots; 45 percent distinct silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009702; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 20 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 85 percent distinct silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent very fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009703; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, dry; silty clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct silt coats on tops of soil columns and 90 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009704; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) exterior, 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; 18 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 19 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine faint mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct silt coats on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009705; observed in pit, small
    2Ex1—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 1.0 very fine roots in cracks; 25 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds and 45 percent prominent silt coats; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009706; observed in pit, small
    2Ex2—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 1.0 very fine roots in cracks; 25 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 25 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds and 45 percent prominent silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009707; observed in pit, small
    3Btx—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dry; very gravelly silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 1.0 very fine roots; 45 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 45 percent distinct silt coats; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter chert fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; neutral, pH 7.1. Lab sample # MU009708; observed in pit, small