IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Union
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO057037M
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO057037
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9105737
  • 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: 37.4311000
  • Std. Longitude: -93.8912000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T31N
  • Range: R27W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet E and 800 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 300 ft east of center of raod and 400 ft nort o road.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO057—Dade
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rd chorice, Chuck Harwood, Max Aldrich
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Union
  • PSC - 15 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/28/2013
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Captina
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 15 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/25/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over slope alluvium over residuum
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/24/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; deformable; many medium roots and many fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040776
    Bt1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; deformable; many medium roots and many fine roots; 2 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-10 millimeter chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040777. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 927426; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 927426
    Bt2—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; deformable; common fine roots; 2 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 16 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-10 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040778. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 927425; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 927425
    2Btx1—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and gray (5Y 5/1) and brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate thin platy structure; firm; brittle; few fine roots in cracks; 2 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent iron-manganese masses; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-10 millimeter chert fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated 10-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040779. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 927424; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 927424
    2Btx2—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) and red (2.5YR 5/8) and red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate thin platy structure; firm; brittle; 2 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent iron-manganese masses; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-10 millimeter chert fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat indurated 10-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040780. continuous - phpvsfiid 927423; continuous - phpvsfiid 927423
    3Bt3—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and brown (7.5YR 5/2) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; deformable; 2 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; medium iron-manganese masses and 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-10 millimeter chert fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-?-300 millimeter chert fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat indurated 10-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040781. continuous - phpvsfiid 927422; continuous - phpvsfiid 927422
    3Bt4—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) and red (2.5YR 4/8) clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; deformable; 2 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine distinct iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-10 millimeter chert fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 10-?-75 millimeter chert fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-?-300 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU040782. continuous - phpvsfiid 927421; continuous - phpvsfiid 927421
    3BC—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; deformable; 2 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent fine iron-manganese masses and 20 percent medium iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-10 millimeter chert fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 10-?-75 millimeter chert fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-?-300 millimeter chert fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # MU040783. continuous - phpvsfiid 927420; continuous - phpvsfiid 927420