IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eldorado
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO057086
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO057086
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9105786
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27011
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 37.4494444
  • Std. Longitude: -93.9494444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T31N
  • Range: R27W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet S and 600 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 2400 feet south and 600 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 7, T. 31 N., R. 27 W.
  • Map Unit: 40007—Eldorado gravelly loam, 3 to 15 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: Charles Harwood and R. D. Chorice
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, thermic Typic Paleudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eldorado
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eldon
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/10/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from cherty limestone and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: limestone, cherty
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/10/1992 (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—33

    33—152

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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

    6

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    308

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    180

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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 4.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013568
    A2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; cobbly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 fine and medium roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013569
    Bt1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) very cobbly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine and medium roots; 8 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium iron-manganese concretions; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU013570
    Bt2—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) very cobbly clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine and medium roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine and medium iron-manganese masses; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU013571
    Bt3—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) very cobbly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine roots; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU013572
    Bt4—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) cobbly clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 fine roots; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU013573