IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weller
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1990MO053040
  • User Pedon ID: 1990MO053040
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9005340
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31001
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.8527778
  • Std. Longitude: -92.7931111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T47N
  • Range: R17W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 2500' N and 1250' E of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: 60234—Weller 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-G7—Bunceton, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Baker, Greg Caldwell, David Skaer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic 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 - Weller
  • PSC - 13 to 33 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weller
  • Classificaton Date - 11/22/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: rare ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/22/2004 (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

    0—33

    33—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

    2

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    243.8

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; slow permeability; 5.0 very fine roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses and 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037616; observed in pit, small
    E—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 40 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037617; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037618; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior silty clay; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent very fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037619; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 70 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037620; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct silt coats on surfaces along root channels and 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037621; observed in pit, small
    Bt5—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # MU037622; observed in pit, small