IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menfro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1992MO019026
  • User Pedon ID: 1992MO019026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9201926
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34291
  • 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: 38.9605324
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5341646
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Range: R14W
  • Section: 7
  • Location Description: 700 feet west and 700 feet north of the southeast corner of sec. 7, T.48N.,R.14W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO019—Boone
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FJY
  • 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 - Menfro
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/26/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/26/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 27
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    40

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044192
    AE—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044193
    EB—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044194
    Bt1—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 20 percent distinct clay films and 60 percent faint ; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044195
    Bt2—56 to 99 centimeters (22.0 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.7 very fine to medium roots; 20 percent faint and 40 percent distinct clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # MU044196
    Bt3—99 to 140 centimeters (39.0 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.7 very fine roots; 40 percent distinct and 40 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU044197