IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Silverdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO155004
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO155004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9115504
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30827
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 36.1612206
  • Std. Longitude: -89.7353058
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 86065—Steele sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO155—Pemiscot
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO155—Pemiscot County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36089-B6—Caruthersville, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B.L. Brown, M.L. Chalfant
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Aquic Udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Silverdale
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Steele
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy alluvium over loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/21/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    0—15

    74—74

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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

    0.5

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    80.5

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU042724
    C1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sand; structureless massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU042725
    C2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sand; structureless massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent medium and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU042726
    C3—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; fine sand; structureless massive; soft, very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU042727
    2Agb—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 1 percent fine prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU042728
    2Cg1—91 to 124 centimeters (35.8 to 48.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 1 percent fine distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent medium faint brown (10YR 4/3) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU042729
    2Cg2—124 to 165 centimeters (48.8 to 65.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 25 percent medium prominent brown (10YR 4/3) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter. Lab sample # MU042730