IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wilderness
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO057030M
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO057030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9105730
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 37.4281444
  • Std. Longitude: -93.8886056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T31N
  • Range: R27W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet S and 2000 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 1200 ft. south and 2000 ft. east of the northwest corner of sec. 15, T 31 N, R 27 W
  • Map Unit: 73065—Wilderness very cobbly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO057—Dade
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO057—Dade County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. D. Chorice, Charles Harwood and Max Aldrich
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilderness
  • PSC - 18 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilderness
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 18 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/24/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from cherty limestone and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: limestone, cherty
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/24/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    fragipan

    0—18

    18—178

    61—104

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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

    3

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    329

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    20

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very cobbly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots and 10.0 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040732
    Bt1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very cobbly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots and 10.0 coarse roots; 4 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040733
    Bt2—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) extremely cobbly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 4 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040734
    2Bt3—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) extremely stony clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040735
    2Btx1—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely cobbly loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; brittle; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040736
    2Btx2—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) extremely cobbly sandy clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; brittle; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040737
    3Bt4—104 to 140 centimeters (40.9 to 55.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) cobbly clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040738
    3Bt5—140 to 178 centimeters (55.1 to 70.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) gravelly clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine and medium iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU040739