IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hepler
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO057081
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO057081
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9105781
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33402
  • 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: 37.4005111
  • Std. Longitude: -94.0788778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T31N
  • Range: R29W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet E and 1700 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 300 feet east and 1700 feet south of the northwest corner of section 25, T. 31 N., R. 29 W.
  • Map Unit: 46002—Hepler silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO057—Dade
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO057—Dade County, Missouri
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. D. Chorice and Charles Harwood
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Typic Endoaquolls
  • 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 - Hepler
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hepler
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/24/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/24/1991 (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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    38—234

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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

    308

    270

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040998
    Bt1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU040999
    Bt2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041000
    Bt3—58 to 102 centimeters (22.8 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium columnar parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine and medium dark red (2.5YR 3/6) iron depletions and 10 percent fine and medium grayish brown (10YR 5/2) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041001
    2Bt4—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); pale red (2.5YR 6/2) silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine and medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine and medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041002
    2Bt5—132 to 168 centimeters (52.0 to 66.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent medium light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions and 25 percent irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU041003
    2Bt6—168 to 193 centimeters (66.1 to 76.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 10 percent medium light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions and 25 percent fine and medium iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU041004
    2Bt7—193 to 234 centimeters (76.0 to 92.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine and medium brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU041005