IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gasconade
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1990MO215035M
  • User Pedon ID: 1990MO215035M
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9021535
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 29015
  • 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: 37.4098083
  • Std. Longitude: -91.6785750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T31N
  • Range: R7W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1290 feet E and 640 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Texas County: Located 1300 ft E & 650 ft N of the SW corner of T 31 N, R 7 W, S 2.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO215—Texas
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO215—Texas County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37091-D6—Montauk, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: sid Vander Veen and Dennis Meinert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Lithic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Gasconade
  • PSC - 0 to 25 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/11/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gasconade
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Lithic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 0 to 25 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/20/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Bedrock: dolomite (dolostone) at 25cm
  • Geology: Gasconade formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/20/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 37091d6se
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    —

    25 -

    —
    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    lithic contact

    0—25

    25—

    —-

    —-
    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

    47

    —

    —

    297.2

    —

    30

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; very gravelly silty clay; strong fine granular, and strong medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots; 10.0 fine irregular pores; 40 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU039889
    Bw—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; very gravelly clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots; 10.0 fine irregular pores; 20 percent by volume flat 150-?-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU039890
    R—25 centimeters (9.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.