IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eldon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO141014M
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO141014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9114114
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.4157222
  • Std. Longitude: -92.7162778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T42N
  • Range: R16W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet S and 2350 feet E of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: 70084—Eldon gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO141—Morgan
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO141—Morgan County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38092-D6—Barnett, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wolf, Viele
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal Mollic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eldon
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eldon
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/15/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/15/2004 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    43—157

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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

    7

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    289.6

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    270

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    A1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dry; gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; moderate permeability; 5.0 fine roots; 27 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013596; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; extremely gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 4.0 fine roots; 70 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013597; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) exterior very gravelly clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 36 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 60 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013598; observed in pit, small
    2Bt2—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) exterior gravelly silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and medium blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 16 percent faint dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013599; observed in pit, small
    2Bt3—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) exterior very gravelly silty clay; 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky, and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 88 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and 88 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-150-250 millimeter chert fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013600; observed in pit, small
    2Bt4—114 to 157 centimeters (44.9 to 61.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) exterior very gravelly silty clay; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium prominent and 17 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and medium blocky structure; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-150-250 millimeter chert fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # MU013601; observed in pit, small