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

    296

    130

    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