IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eldon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1990MO053065
  • User Pedon ID: 1990MO053065
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9005365
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27009
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.7146667
  • Std. Longitude: -92.9077222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T46N
  • Range: R18W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 225' N and 1900' E of the SW Corner
  • Map Unit: 70085—Eldon gravelly silt loam, 8 to 15 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-F8—Otterville East, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John L. Baker, Greg Caldwell, David Skaer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal Mollic 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 - Eldon
  • PSC - 46 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eldon
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Residuum
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/30/2004 (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—15

    48—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

    12

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    246.9

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; moderate permeability; 5.0 medium roots; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter chert fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013555; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 6 percent faint silt coats; 30 percent by volume 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013556; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior very gravelly silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 45 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter chert fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter chert fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013557; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) exterior extremely gravelly silty clay; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 39 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter chert fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter chert fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013558; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) exterior extremely gravelly clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 45 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter chert fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter chert fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013559; observed in pit, small
    2Bt4—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) exterior clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 25 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter chert fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # MU013560; observed in pit, small