IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gerald
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO057079
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO057079
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9105779
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27207
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 37.4041667
  • Std. Longitude: -93.8688889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T31N
  • Range: R27W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet S and 150 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 2500 feet south and 150 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 23, R. 31 N., R. 27 W.
  • Map Unit: 73031—Gerald silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO057—Dade
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO057—Dade County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. D. Chorice and Charles Harwood
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Umbric Fragiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gerald
  • PSC - 41 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gerald
  • Classificaton Date - 1/10/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or colluvium and/or residuum
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/10/1992 (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

    mollic epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—28

    28—41

    41—203

    84—124

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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

    1

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    337

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    45

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014944
    Ap2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak thin platy parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014945
    E—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; weak thin platy parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014946
    Bt1—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU014947
    Bt2—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; weak fine angular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU014948
    2Btx1—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; brittle; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU014949
    2Btx2—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) gravelly silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; brittle; 10 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU014950
    3Bt3—124 to 142 centimeters (48.8 to 55.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) cobbly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine and medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014953
    3Bt4—142 to 196 centimeters (55.9 to 77.2 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) cobbly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent fine and medium brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU014954