IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wilderness
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO161006M
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO161006
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - T1-91
  • Transect Stop Number - 5
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9116106
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 37.9348333
  • Std. Longitude: -91.6891944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 73179—Viraton-Wilderness complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO161—Phelps
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO161—Phelps County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Butler and Bostic
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilderness
  • PSC - 28 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilderness
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 28 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/6/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed and/or slope alluvium derived from limestone and/or residuum weathered from dolomite
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Jeffcity/roubidoux formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/6/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: D-6
  • 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

    fragipan

    0—28

    28—152

    56—107

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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

    8

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    314

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    90

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly silt loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine to medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU042799
    BE—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU042800
    Bt1—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) extremely gravelly silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU042801
    2Btx1—56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) extremely cobbly silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; skeletans over cutans and 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU042802. Prizms are less than 4 inches across. Gray seams are 10YR 6/2. 60 percent brittle
    2Btx2—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) extremely cobbly silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; skeletans over cutans and 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU042803. Prizms are greater than 4 inches across. Gray seams are 10YR 6/2. 80 percent brittle.
    2Btx3—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) very gravelly silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; skeletans over cutans and 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU042804. Prizms are greater than 4 inches across. Gray seams are 10YR 6/2. 85 percent brittle.
    3Bt2—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly clay; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU042805
    3Bt3—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly clay; moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU042806