IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cherokee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1990MO057088
  • User Pedon ID: 1990MO057088
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9005788
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33454
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 37.5447222
  • Std. Longitude: -94.0205556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T32N
  • Range: R28W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet S and 950 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 2400 feet south and 950 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 6, T. 32 N., R. 28 W.
  • Map Unit: 44000—Cherokee silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO057—Dade
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO057—Dade County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Charles Harwood, Max Aldrich and R. D. Chorice.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Typic Albaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cherokee
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cherokee
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/10/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or colluvium derived from sandstone and shale and/or residuum weathered from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/10/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    0—33

    18—33

    33—132

    33—41

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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

    1

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    296

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silt loam; strong fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037969
    E—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037970
    Btg1—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) exterior clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU037971
    Btg2—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 5 percent fine red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU037972
    Btg3—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; red (2.5YR 4/8); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU037973
    Btg4—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) exterior silty clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU037974
    Cg—132 to 178 centimeters (52.0 to 70.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) exterior silty clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent fine and medium iron-manganese masses and 5 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU037975