IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muren
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO099040
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO099040
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M91099128
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 38.4681067
  • Std. Longitude: -90.7306706
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Pacific Palisades
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO099—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JAD, EJD
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muren
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: fluvial terrace
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/30/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6N
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041164
    E—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041165
    Bt1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041166
    Bt2—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041167
    Bt3—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041168
    Bt4—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041169
    BC—137 to 180 centimeters (53.9 to 70.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 10 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 60 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter. Lab sample # MU041170