IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Goss
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1991MO141015M
User Pedon ID:
1991MO141015
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
MCL
Lab Pedon # -
M9114115
Print Date:
3/2/2025
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:
38.4184444
Std. Longitude:
-93.0543611
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
T42N
Range:
R19W
Section:
18
PLSS Details:
50 feet S and 1000 feet W of the NE corner
Map Unit:
70009—Goss gravelly silt loam, 8 to 15 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:
38093-D1—Crockerville, Missouri
PEDON
Describers Name:
Wolf, Viele, Knoernschild
Current Taxonomic Class:
Clayey-skeletal Typic Paleudalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Goss
PSC -
28 to 78 cm.
Classificaton Date -
3/28/2011
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Goss
Taxon Kind -
series
PSC -
28 to 78 cm.
Classificaton Date -
12/16/2004
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
slope alluvium over residuum
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
upland slope
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
12/16/2004 (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
ochric epipedon
argillic horizon
0—28
28—175
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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
13
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—
313.9
—
300
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A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; moderate permeability; 5.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated 3-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU042128; observed in pit, small
E—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior extremely gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 76-?-250 millimeter chert fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU042129; observed in pit, small
Bt1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) exterior extremely gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 76-?-250 millimeter chert fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU042130; observed in pit, small
Bt21—48 to 65 centimeters (18.9 to 25.6 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) exterior very gravelly silty clay loam; 10 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 76-?-250 millimeter chert fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU042131; observed in pit, small
Bt22—65 to 79 centimeters (25.6 to 31.1 inches); very gravelly clay; fragments. Lab sample # MU042132
Bt3—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) exterior clay; 1 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 40 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU042133; observed in pit, small
Bt4—104 to 130 centimeters (40.9 to 51.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) exterior extremely gravelly clay; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 76-?-250 millimeter chert fragments and 75 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU64732; observed in pit, small
Bt5—130 to 175 centimeters (51.2 to 68.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) exterior clay; 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 70 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # MU042134; observed in pit, small