IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Goss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO167151M
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO167151
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9316701
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 37.6794889
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3338250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T34N
  • Range: R22W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet E and 1100 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 1000 feet east and 1100 feet south of the northwest corner of sec. 15, T. 34 N., R. 22 W., hacker
  • Map Unit: 70008—Goss gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry Kickler, John Bowers, Richard McBee and Richard L. Henderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gepp
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/27/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from cherty limestone and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: limestone, cherty
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/27/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    30—152

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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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    317

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    20

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048797
    E—5 to 30 centimeters (2.0 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) extremely gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048798
    2Bt1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048799
    2Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048800
    2Bt3—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048801
    2Bt4—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and brown (10YR 5/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048802
    2Bt5—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2) clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU048803