IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Higdon

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 1992MO057031M

User Pedon ID: 1992MO057031

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - MCL

Lab Pedon # - M9205731

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: 37.4955500

Std. Longitude: -94.0565889

Datum: WGS84

Township: T32N

Range: R28W

Section: 19

PLSS Details: 660 feet E and 700 feet N of the SW corner

Location Description: 660 feet E and 700 feet N of the SW corner of Sec. 19, T32N, R28W.

Map Unit: 40000—Barden silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes

State: Missouri

County: MO057—Dade

MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-CLI—Clinton, Missouri

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO057—Dade County, Missouri

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37094-D1—Golden City, Missouri

PEDON

Describers Name: R. D. Chorice and Charles Harwood

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs

Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Higdon

PSC - 23 to 73 cm.

Classificaton Date - 4/17/2020

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Higdon

Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 36 to 86 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/25/2011

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: certified

Field Measured Properties: 28.4 percent of pscs clay and 1.5 percent of pscs gravel and 23.4 percent of pscs sand

SITE

Parent Material: slope alluvium

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 1/25/2011 (entry creation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame

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 redox concentrations redox depletions with chroma 2 or less lithologic discontinuity lithologic discontinuity lithologic discontinuity	0—23 23—203 23—163 74—203 74—99 99—163 163—203	—23— —180— —140— —129— —25— —64— —40—

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
1	—	—	303.9	—	90	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; 40 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; common (4.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044602

Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 31 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; common (4.0) fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses and 1 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses and 15 percent fine prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044603

Bt2—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 50 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; 29 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate very fine angular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common (4.0) fine roots throughout; 26 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses and 1 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044604. continuous - phpvsfiid 1871077; continuous - phpvsfiid 1871077

Bt3—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); 50 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; 30 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 31 percent clay; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine prominent and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate very fine angular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.9) fine roots throughout; 26 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses and 5 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses and 20 percent distinct manganese coatings; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044605. continuous - phpvsfiid 1871078; continuous - phpvsfiid 1871078

2Bt4—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 50 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) gravelly clay loam; 40 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.9) fine roots throughout; 27 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 15 percent fine prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 25 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; 30 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044606. continuous - phpvsfiid 1871081; continuous - phpvsfiid 1871081

3Bt5—99 to 135 centimeters (39.0 to 53.1 inches); 50 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 26 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.9) fine roots throughout; 27 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent coarse prominent gray (5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 15 percent medium prominent gray (5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 25 percent medium irregular iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044607. continuous - phpvsfiid 1871080; continuous - phpvsfiid 1871080

3Bt6—135 to 163 centimeters (53.1 to 64.2 inches); 50 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 24 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 40 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 27 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 15 percent coarse prominent gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 15 percent medium irregular iron-manganese concretions and 15 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU044608. continuous - phpvsfiid 1871079; continuous - phpvsfiid 1871079

4Bt7—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); 51 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 49 percent gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; 33 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 27 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter. Lab sample # MU044609. continuous - phpvsfiid 1871076; continuous - phpvsfiid 1871076