IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menfro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1992MO019007
  • User Pedon ID: 1992MO019007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9201907
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34301
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.7208789
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3415560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Range: R13W
  • Section: 26
  • Location Description: 180 feet north of Cedar Tree Lane on West shoulder of ridge, 1/4 mile east of Wilton Cemetary (Harry Haid property). 180 feet north and 200 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 26, T. 46 N., R. 13 W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO019—Boone
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Osborne
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Menfro
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/25/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 48
  • 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

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    18—28

    28—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

    4

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    914

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044120
    BE—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots; 60 percent silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044121
    Bt1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 fine roots; 15 percent distinct silt coats on faces of peds and 60 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044122
    Bt2—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct silt coats and 60 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # MU044123
    Bt3—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct silt coats and 60 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044124
    Bt4—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct silt coats and 35 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU044125