IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Goss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO167205
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO167205
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 37.6639167
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3709278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T34N
  • Range: R22W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1150'E AND 1900'S OF THE NW CORNER
  • Map Unit: 70009—Goss gravelly silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37093-F3—Polk, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/26/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum and/or slope alluvium
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/26/1991 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    bedrock, lithic

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    165 - 178

    178 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic materials

    lithic contact

    0—46

    46—165

    165—178

    178—

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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

    13

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    970

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    120

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; many medium roots and many fine roots; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    E—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; common medium roots and many fine roots; 22 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt1—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed extremely gravelly silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few medium roots and few fine roots; 65 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear irregular boundary.
    Bt2—76 to 122 centimeters (29.9 to 48.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) rubbed and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) rubbed very gravelly clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; 42 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual irregular boundary.
    Bt3—122 to 165 centimeters (48.0 to 65.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) rubbed clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Cr—165 to 178 centimeters (65.0 to 70.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) rubbed and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) rubbed clay; massive; firm; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.
    R—178 centimeters (70.1 inches); bedrock; firm; fragments.