IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wilderness
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1990MO057076M
  • User Pedon ID: 1990MO057076
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9005776
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 37.2930083
  • Std. Longitude: -93.8793417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T30N
  • Range: R27W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 2900 feet N and 575 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 2900 ft. north and 575 ft. east of the southwest corner of sec. 35, T 30 N, R 27 W
  • Map Unit: 73010—Wilderness gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO057—Dade
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO057—Dade County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. D. Chorice, Charles Harwood and Max Aldrich
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilderness
  • PSC - 18 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilderness
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 18 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from cherty limestone and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: limestone, cherty
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/12/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    18—61

    61—91

    79—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

    5

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    357

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    200

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly silt loam; strong fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037920
    E—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) gravelly silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037921
    Bt1—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) very gravelly silt loam; moderate thin platy parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 4 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037922
    Bt2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and 40 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) very gravelly silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037923
    2Btx1—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) very gravelly silt loam; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; brittle; 3.0 fine to coarse roots top of horizon; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU037924
    2Btx2—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); 70 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) very gravelly silty clay loam; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic structure; brittle; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU037925
    3Bt3—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); 50 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and 50 percent gray (10YR 5/1) very gravelly clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU037926