IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alsup
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1992MO167299M
  • User Pedon ID: 1992MO167299
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9216720
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 37.7252778
  • Std. Longitude: -93.4458333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T34N
  • Range: R23W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 3200 feet S and 400 feet W of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 3200 feet south and 400 feet west of the northwest corner of sec. 4, T. 34 N., R. 23 W., J. C. Meador.
  • Map Unit: 70002—Alsup gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Henderson and John Bowers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • 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 - Alsup
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alsup
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from shale and siltstone and/or residuum weathered from shale and siltstone and/or solid rock derived from shale and siltstone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: shale and siltstone
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/30/1992 (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

    paralithic contact

    0—33

    33—112

    112—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

    7

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    329

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    152

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly silt; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 8.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU046447
    E1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly silt; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU046448
    E2—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU046449
    2Bt1—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 30 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent fine dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU046450. continuous - phpvsfiid 153167; continuous - phpvsfiid 153167
    2Bt2—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 fine roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 50 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent fine dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU046451. continuous - phpvsfiid 153168; continuous - phpvsfiid 153168
    2Bt3—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 6 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine pale brown (10YR 6/3) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU046452. continuous - phpvsfiid 153169; continuous - phpvsfiid 153169
    2Bt4—99 to 112 centimeters (39.0 to 44.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) channery silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 6 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent medium brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU046453. continuous - phpvsfiid 153170; continuous - phpvsfiid 153170
    2Cr—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments.