IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blueye
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1992MO167324M
  • User Pedon ID: 1992MO167324
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9316704
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 37.7607194
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3455417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T35N
  • Range: R22W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 750 feet S and 2200 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 750 feet south and 2200 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 27, T. 35 N., R. 22 W
  • Map Unit: 70005—Blueye-Moko complex, 3 to 15 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blueye
  • PSC - 38 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blueye
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/1992
  • 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 and/or solid rock derived from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: dolomite (dolostone)
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/1992 (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

    lithic contact

    0—38

    38—74

    74—203

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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

    11

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    110

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; gravelly clay loam; moderate coarse granular structure; firm; 10.0 very fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048814
    A2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) gravelly silty clay loam; strong fine granular structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048815
    A3—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly clay; strong fine granular structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048816
    Bt1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very gravelly clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 60 percent distinct organic stains on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048817
    Bt2—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 medium roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048818
    R—74 centimeters (29.1 inches); bedrock; fragments.