IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beemont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO161019M
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO161019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9116119
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.9817333
  • Std. Longitude: -91.7988694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T38N
  • Range: R8W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet E and 700 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: NOTE FOR 2Bt3 HORIZON: F2P FE AND MN STAINS AND CONCENTRATION <2MM NOTE FOR 2Bt2 HORIZON: C2P FE AND MN STAINS AND CONCENTRATIONS <2MM.
  • Map Unit: 73169—Beemont-Gatewood complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, stony
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO161—Phelps
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO161—Phelps County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37091-H7—Rolla, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beemont
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, smectitic, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 56 to 106 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over residuum
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/25/2011 (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—79

    79—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

    12

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    1040

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    190

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; many very fine roots and few medium roots and many fine roots and few coarse roots; many very fine and many fine pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter chert fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU042893
    E—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) rubbed silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; many very fine roots and few medium roots and many fine roots and few coarse roots; many very fine and common fine pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU042894
    BE—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) rubbed silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; many very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; common very fine and common fine pores; 45 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU042895
    B/E—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) rubbed and brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots and few fine roots; common very fine and common fine pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 45 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU042896
    2Bt1—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) rubbed and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) rubbed clay; 15 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few very fine roots and few fine roots; common very fine and common fine pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-?-600 millimeter chert fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU042897
    2Bt2—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) rubbed and pale brown (10YR 6/3) rubbed clay; strong medium prismatic structure; firm; few very fine roots and few fine roots; few very fine and few fine pores; 65 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-?-600 millimeter chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU042898
    2Bt3—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) rubbed and pale brown (10YR 6/3) rubbed clay; strong medium prismatic structure; firm; few very fine roots and few fine roots; few very fine and few fine pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent coarse prominent iron-manganese concretions; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-?-600 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU042899
    2Bt4—127 to 147 centimeters (50.0 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) rubbed and pale brown (10YR 6/3) rubbed and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) rubbed clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few very fine roots and few fine roots; few very fine and few fine pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU042900
    3Bt5—147 to 157 centimeters (57.9 to 61.8 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) rubbed and light red (2.5YR 6/6) rubbed clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few very fine roots and few fine roots; few very fine and few fine pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-?-600 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # MU042901