IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Baxter
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1990MO215022M
  • User Pedon ID: 1990MO215022M
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9021522
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25490
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • 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: 37.0709500
  • Std. Longitude: -91.7004944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T28N
  • Range: R7W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 2490 feet E and 2590 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Texas County: Located 2500 ft E & 2600 ft S of the NW corner of S 27, T 28 N, R 7 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO215—Texas
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO215—Texas County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37091-A6—Pine Crest, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis Meinert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Baxter
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/11/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gepp
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/5/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess derived from mixed
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/5/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 37091a6nw
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion gully
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    0—25

    25—165

    46—

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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

    90

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    330.7

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    223

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; extremely cobbly loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine irregular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-?-250 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002762
    BE—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior extremely cobbly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine irregular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-?-250 millimeter chert fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002763
    2Bt1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002764
    2Bt2—46 to 107 centimeters (18.1 to 42.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 70 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002765
    2Bt3—107 to 165 centimeters (42.1 to 65.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 70 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 7 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments. Lab sample # MU002766