IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Goss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1991MO167253M
  • User Pedon ID: 1991MO167253
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9216733
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 37.5184389
  • Std. Longitude: -93.5652333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T32N
  • Range: R24W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1750 feet N and 600 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 1750 feet north and 600 feet west of the southeast corner of sec 9, T. 32 N., R. 24 W., Tygart farm.
  • 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 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 - 61 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 61 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/18/1991
  • 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: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • 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: 12/18/1991 (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—61

    61—203

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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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    320

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    60

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly silt loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015967
    E1—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very gravelly silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 8 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015968
    E2—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015969
    Bt1—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) silt coats on faces of peds; 8 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015970
    2Bt2—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and red (2.5YR 5/8) very cobbly silty clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) silt coats and 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015971
    3Bt3—102 to 170 centimeters (40.2 to 66.9 inches); red (10R 4/6) and red (2.5YR 4/8) and brown (7.5YR 4/3) very cobbly clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 60 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU015972
    3Bt4—170 to 203 centimeters (66.9 to 79.9 inches); red (10R 4/6) cobbly clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 60 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU015973