IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ashton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993MO099194
  • User Pedon ID: 1993MO099194
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9309919
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34591
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 38.3353309
  • Std. Longitude: -90.7351150
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO099—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J Dodd, D Skaer
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashton
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: fluvial terrace
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10N
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    3

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    187

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular, and weak fine granular structure; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # MU047948
    Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # MU047949
    Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU047950
    Bt3—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 2 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU047951
    Bt4—84 to 185 centimeters (33.1 to 72.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU047952
    Bt5—185 to 203 centimeters (72.8 to 79.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent distinct clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments. Lab sample # MU047953