IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eldorado
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO057087
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO057087
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9105787
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33400
  • 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: 37.4327583
  • Std. Longitude: -93.9488833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T31N
  • Range: R27W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet E and 2400 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 700 feet east and 2400 feet south of the northwest corner of section 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 Mollic Paleudalfs
  • 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 - Eldorado
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eldon
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/24/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium 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: 1/24/1992 (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

    umbric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    36—170

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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

    5

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    303

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    30

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 4.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041020
    BA—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 4.0 fine and medium roots; 10 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 5.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU041021
    Bt1—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) very cobbly loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; firm; 4.0 fine and medium roots; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU041022
    Bt2—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) very cobbly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine and medium roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU041023
    Bt3—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) very cobbly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU041024
    2Bt4—114 to 132 centimeters (44.9 to 52.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) very cobbly clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine roots; 30 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU041025
    2BC—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and yellow (10YR 7/8) cobbly clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 60 percent pressure faces on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU041026
    2C—157 to 170 centimeters (61.8 to 66.9 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # MU041027