IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Goss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1990MO167119M
  • User Pedon ID: 1990MO167119
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9116707
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: T33N
  • Range: R23W
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet W and 40 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Bolivar (Cribb's subdivision) 2500'W and 40'N of the SE corner of Sec. T33N, R23W.
  • Map Unit: 70008—Goss gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry Kichler, Richard Henderson and John Bowers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gepp
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium and/or residuum and/or solid rock derived from dolomite
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: dolomite (dolostone)
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • 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

    paralithic contact

    lithic contact

    0—25

    25—157

    157—216

    216—254

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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

    6

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    —

    317

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    350

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU043000
    E—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt coats; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU043001
    Bt1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU043002
    2Bt2—51 to 132 centimeters (20.1 to 52.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium, and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 12 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains and 33 percent distinct nonintersecting slickensides and 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU043003
    2Bt3—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU043004
    2Cr—157 to 216 centimeters (61.8 to 85.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4) and yellow (10YR 8/6) clay; massive; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU043005. Thin sandstone and shale layer 6"" thick over platy weathered soft dolomite exhibiting relic bedding. Clay films are described between plates and in cracks.
    2R—216 centimeters (85.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.