IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Goss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1992MO167275M
  • User Pedon ID: 1992MO167275
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9216706
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 37.5729722
  • Std. Longitude: -93.5868444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T33N
  • Range: R24W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet N and 2300 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 300 feet north and 2300 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 20, T. 33 N., R. 24 W., High Point, Corp land.
  • Map Unit: 70008—Goss gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry Kickler and Richard McBee
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/25/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from cherty limestone and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: limestone, cherty
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/25/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • 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—25

    25—201

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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

    5

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    287

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    225

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) gravelly silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015936
    BE—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015937
    Bt1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) very gravelly silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015938
    2Bt2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) very gravelly silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015939
    2Bt3—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) very gravelly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015940
    2Bt4—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) very cobbly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015941
    2Bt5—152 to 173 centimeters (59.8 to 68.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015942
    2Bt6—173 to 201 centimeters (68.1 to 79.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments. Lab sample # 08