IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Goss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO167243M
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO167243
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9216713
  • 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: 37.4964167
  • Std. Longitude: -93.5788694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T32N
  • Range: R24W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1075 feet S and 975 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 1075 feet south and 975 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 21, T. 32 N., R. 24 W., Mitchel.
  • Map Unit: 70011—Goss-Moko complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry Kichler, John Bowers, Richard McBee, and Richard Henderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/28/1992
  • 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: backslope
  • 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: 2/28/1992 (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—53

    53—168

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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

    16

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    303

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    120

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    A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very gravelly silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015946
    E—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 30 percent distinct organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015947
    Bt1—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015948
    2Bt2—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) very gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015949
    2Bt3—91 to 140 centimeters (35.8 to 55.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015950
    2Bt4—140 to 168 centimeters (55.1 to 66.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU015951