IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Peridge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO167189M
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO167189
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9116740
  • 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: 37.4517806
  • Std. Longitude: -93.4408278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T31N
  • Range: R23W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1380 feet W and 333 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 1380 feet west and 333 feet south of the northeast corner of sec 3, T. 31 N., R. 23 W., Jim Corum.
  • Map Unit: 73006—Peridge silt loam, 2 to 5 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, and Richard McBee
  • 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 - Peridge
  • PSC - 15 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Peridge
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/24/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/24/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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—15

    15—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

    2

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    291

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU043095
    Bt1—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU043096
    2Bt2—36 to 99 centimeters (14.2 to 39.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 60 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU043097
    2Bt3—99 to 157 centimeters (39.0 to 61.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 60 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU043098