IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Viraton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO057034M
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO057034
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9105734
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.4219111
  • Std. Longitude: -93.8587861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T31N
  • Range: R27W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet N and 2400 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 1000 ft. north and 2400 ft. west of the southeast corner of sec. 16, T 31 N, R 27 W.
  • Map Unit: 73008—Viraton silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO057—Dade
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO057—Dade County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Max Aldrich, Charles Harwood and R. D. Chorice
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • 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 - Viraton
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Viraton
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/12/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • 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—20

    20—132

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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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    326

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    40

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040754
    BE—15 to 15 centimeters (5.9 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040755
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 4 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040756
    Bt2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040757
    2Btx1—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) very gravelly silty clay loam; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040758
    2Btx2—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) extremely gravelly clay loam; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 65 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040759
    3Bt3—114 to 147 centimeters (44.9 to 57.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and gray (10YR 5/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) very gravelly clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040760
    3Bt4—147 to 152 centimeters (57.9 to 59.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) gravelly clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU040761