IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO117006m
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO117006m
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9111706
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33118
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 39.7386398
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7574387
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T57N
  • Range: R25W
  • Section: 19
  • Location Description: 1,400 feet south and 300 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 19, T. 57 N., R. 25 W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO117—Livingston
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: db
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenton
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or residuum weathered from limestone and shale
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • 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—15

    15—64

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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

    10

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041842
    Btg1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; 5 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041843
    Btg2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; 5 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 26 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent medium dark concretions and 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041844
    Btg3—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint and 5 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 6 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent medium dark concretions and 5 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU041845
    Btg4—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 26 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent medium dark concretions and 5 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU041846
    2BCg—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; 1 percent weak red (2.5YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine dark concretions; 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU041847
    2Cg—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; massive; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine masses of dark accumulation; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU041848
    2Cr—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); fragments.