IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keswick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1992MO019020
  • User Pedon ID: 1992MO019020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9201920
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27332
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.2111766
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3383847
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Range: R11W
  • Section: 14
  • Location Description: 125 feet north and 400 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 14, T.51N.,R.11W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO019—Boone
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GHD
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keswick
  • PSC - 18 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/27/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or till
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/27/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4
  • 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—18

    18—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

    6

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    270

    914

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015746. (Note: There are few fine very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) patches present. There are also common fine pieces of 2Bt mixed in this horizon.)
    2Bt1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silty clay loam; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 60 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and 60 percent distinct silt coats; 25 percent fine red (10R 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015747
    2Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium prominent mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015748
    2Bt3—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 35 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015749
    2Bt4—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 35 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015750
    2Bt5—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU015751