IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McGirk
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993MO051020
  • User Pedon ID: 1993MO051020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9405105
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27429
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.5658811
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3935017
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Range: R13W
  • Section: 18
  • Location Description: 2000 feet south and 1200 feet east of the northwest coner of sec. 18, T. 44 N., R. 13 W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO051—Cole
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John L. Baker, Greg Caldwell
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McGirk
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/29/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/29/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6-30
  • 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

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—10

    10—25

    36—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

    2

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    198

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 7.0 very fine roots; 40 percent prominent iron stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016308, MU016307. MU lab sample no. 94-051-05-(01-09)
    BE—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots; 40 percent prominent silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016309
    Btg1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 20 percent distinct silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016310
    Btg2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 20 percent distinct silt coats in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016311
    Btg3—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent and 55 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 44 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016312
    Btg4—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 35 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016313
    Btg5—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 44 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016314
    Btg6—137 to 203 centimeters (53.9 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 22 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016315