IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluelick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1990MO053057
  • User Pedon ID: 1990MO053057
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9005357
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30980
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.7398611
  • Std. Longitude: -92.6522500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T46N
  • Range: R16W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 50' S and 50' W of the NE corner
  • Map Unit: 60065—Bluelick silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO053—Cooper
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO053—Cooper County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38092-F6—Clarksburg, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John L. Baker, Greg Caldwell, David Skaer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine Typic Paleudalfs
  • 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 - Bluelick
  • PSC - 18 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluelick
  • Classificaton Date - 12/21/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess & Residuum
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/21/2004 (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—18

    18—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

    11

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    210

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; moderately slow permeability; 5.0 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037700; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct organic stains and 36 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037701; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 6 percent distinct silt coats on faces of peds and 85 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037702; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) exterior silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 88 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 6 percent by volume 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037703; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) exterior silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 51 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037704; observed in pit, small
    2Bt5—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) exterior extremely gravelly silty clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 5 percent distinct silt coats and 72 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter chert fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037705; observed in pit, small
    2Bt6—119 to 132 centimeters (46.9 to 52.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) exterior very gravelly silty clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 89 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter chert fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter chert fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037706; observed in pit, small
    2Bt7—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) exterior gravelly clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 13 percent prominent silt coats and 66 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter chert fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # MU037707; observed in pit, small