IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Goss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO167178M
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO167178
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9116737
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 37.6092167
  • Std. Longitude: -93.5293028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T33N
  • Range: R24W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet W and 2000 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 2100 feet west and 2000 feet south of the northeast corner of sec. 11, T. 33 N., R. 24 W.
  • Map Unit: 70009—Goss gravelly silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard L. Henderson, Larry Kickler and John Bowers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • PSC - 51 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 51 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/1991
  • 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: dolomite (dolostone)
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/7/1991 (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—51

    51—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

    9

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU043082
    E—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots; 3 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 4.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU043083
    BE—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely gravelly silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 48 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU043084
    2Bt1—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) very gravelly silty clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU043085
    2Bt2—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) very gravelly clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 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 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU043086
    2Bt3—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) very gravelly clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU043087
    2Bt4—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) gravelly clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU043088