IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lowassie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO161017M
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO161017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9116117
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 37.7301944
  • Std. Longitude: -91.9352222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T35N
  • Range: R9W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet W and 1550 feet S of the NE corner
  • Map Unit: 73013—Lowassie silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently ponded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO161—Phelps
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO161—Phelps County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.B.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic Vertic Epiaquults
  • 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 - Lowassie
  • PSC - 51 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowassie
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/5/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: B-8
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU042877
    E—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; 5 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU042878
    BE—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2) silt loam; 25 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fine iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU042879
    Btg1—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; strong fine and medium prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 35 percent faint , moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 51 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU042880
    Btg2—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; strong medium prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 35 percent faint , moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 51 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU042881
    2Btg3—102 to 135 centimeters (40.2 to 53.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and coarse prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 51 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU042882
    2Btg4—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 51 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU042883