IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frenchmill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO123043M
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO123043M
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9112343
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27226
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.4621658
  • Std. Longitude: -90.2443619
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T32N
  • Range: R7E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 1150 feet S and 3200 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 1150 ft. S. and 3200 ft. W of the NE corner of sec. 14, T. 32 N., R. 7 E.
  • Map Unit: 10E—Killarney very cobbly silt loam, 12 to 35 percent slopes, very stony77000—Killarney-Frenchmill complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes, rubbly
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO123—Madison
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO123—Madison County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37090-D2—Marquand, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CGM ,KEB, MLC, DB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Frenchmill
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frenchmill
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/22/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 50 Cation exchange capacity to clay ratio


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from igneous rock
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, lower third
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.10 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 250- to 600-millimeter igneous, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/22/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: D-5
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    3—46

    46—160

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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

    22

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    248

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    160

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Leaf litter and duff.
    A—3 to 20 centimeters (1.2 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; extremely cobbly silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 31 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015063
    E1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to medium roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015064
    E2—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) gravelly silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 21 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015065
    Bt1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) extremely gravelly silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 51 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015066
    2Bt2—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 20 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 20 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) extremely cobbly silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015067
    2Bt3—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); 50 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 50 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) very gravelly silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015068. Reddis yellow (5YR 6/8) weathered rock fragments.
    3Bt4—119 to 137 centimeters (46.9 to 53.9 inches); 50 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and 50 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) gravelly silt loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015069
    3Bt5—137 to 160 centimeters (53.9 to 63.0 inches); 80 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 20 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) gravelly loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent medium pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) clay bodies; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU015070. Soft yellowish rock fragments were observed in the last two horizons.