IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keswick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO019021
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO019021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9101921
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34337
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 39.0313969
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2617323
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Range: R12W
  • Section: 15
  • Location Description: 600 feet east and 900 feet south of the northwest corner of sec. 15, T.48N.,R.12W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO019—Boone
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CCK and FJY
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keswick
  • PSC - 13 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 25
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    13—170

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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

    9

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040190. (Note: There is some mixing of the Bt1 horizon in the lower part.)
    Bt1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 35 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 60 percent faint silt coats; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040191. (Note: There is an increase in sand content.)
    2Bt2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct and 60 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 10 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 # MU040192
    2Bt3—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; gray (10YR 6/1) and 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent pressure faces; 1 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 # MU040193
    2Btg1—69 to 104 centimeters (27.2 to 40.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3) clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains in root channels and/or pores; 25 percent coarse yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040194
    2Btg2—104 to 170 centimeters (40.9 to 66.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent nonintersecting slickensides and 35 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU040195