IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bunceton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1992MO053004
  • User Pedon ID: 1992MO053004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9205304
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26674
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 38.8470278
  • Std. Longitude: -92.7648056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T47N
  • Range: R17W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1500' W and 200' N of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: 73527—Bunceton silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO053—Cooper
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO053—Cooper County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38092-G7—Bunceton, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John L. Baker, Dave Skaer, Greg Caldwell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bunceton
  • PSC - 10 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bunceton
  • Classificaton Date - 4/19/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/19/2005 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—165

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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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    251

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; moderately slow permeability; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU011158; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; friable; 5.0 coarse roots; 88 percent prominent organic stains; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU011159; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 4 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 4 percent distinct organic stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU011160; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—43 to 65 centimeters (16.9 to 25.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 8 percent distinct silt coats and 36 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU011161; observed in pit, small
    2Btx1—65 to 81 centimeters (25.6 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 1.0 very fine roots; 26 percent distinct silt coats and 89 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU011162; observed in pit, small
    2Btx2—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 1.0 very fine roots; 33 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds and 34 percent distinct silt coats; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU011163; observed in pit, small
    3Bt1—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior extremely gravelly silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 1.0 very fine roots; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter chert fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU011164; observed in pit, small
    3Bt2—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior very gravelly silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 1.0 very fine roots; 6 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter chert fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter chert fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # MU011165; observed in pit, small