IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Barden
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1992MO167319M
User Pedon ID:
1992MO167319
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
MCL
Lab Pedon # -
M9316702
Print Date:
4/29/2025
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:
37.5086167
Std. Longitude:
-93.4769722
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
T32N
Range:
R23W
Section:
17
PLSS Details:
1100 feet S and 1950 feet W of the NE corner
Location Description:
1100 feet south and 1950 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 17, T. 32 N., R. 23 W., Ross.
Map Unit:
40000—Barden silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
State:
Missouri
County:
MO167—Polk
MLRA:
116B—Springfield Plain
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MO167—Polk County, Missouri
PEDON
Describers Name:
John Bowers and Richard McBee
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, mixed Aquollic Hapludalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
map unit inclusion
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Barden
PSC -
43 to 93 cm.
Classificaton Date -
4/18/2012
Moisture Class -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Barden
Taxon Kind -
series
PSC -
43 to 93 cm.
Classificaton Date -
8/27/1992
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
loess and/or residuum weathered from sandstone and shale
Landscape:
plateau
Landform:
interfluve
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
footslope
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Runoff:
high
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/27/1992 (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
mollic epipedon
argillic horizon
0—25
43—196
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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
3
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296
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130
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A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048804
A2—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048805
AB—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048806
2Bt1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine roots; 10 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions and 30 percent fine red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048807
2Bt2—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses and 30 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048808
2Bt3—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 60 percent fine brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048809
2Bt4—114 to 137 centimeters (44.9 to 53.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light gray (10YR 7/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048810
2Bt5—137 to 196 centimeters (53.9 to 77.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and light gray (10YR 7/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium iron-manganese masses and 30 percent fine brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048811