IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Putnam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1992MO019016
  • User Pedon ID: 1992MO019016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9201916
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34295
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 39.2159722
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3193333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 50012—Putnam silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO019—Boone
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO019—Boone County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GHD, MWO
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Putnam
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Putnam
  • Classificaton Date - 11/21/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/21/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    reduced matrix

    argillic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    0—36

    20—36

    20—152

    36—152

    36—36

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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

    0

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    —

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    914

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.4 very fine roots; 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044160
    E—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; weak medium platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent faint manganese or iron-manganese stains and 60 percent distinct silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium iron-manganese concretions and 29 percent fine red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU044161
    Btg1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; weak fine prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent prominent silt coats on faces of peds and 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine red (2.5YR 5/6) iron concretions and 30 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044162
    Btg2—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 40 percent prominent silt coats on faces of peds; 30 percent medium and coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044163
    Btg3—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent prominent silt coats on faces of peds; 18 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044164
    Btg4—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 19 percent faint on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU044165