IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ramsey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993MO099203M
  • User Pedon ID: 1993MO099203
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9309928
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.3961634
  • Std. Longitude: -90.6895581
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO099—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J Dodd, C Harwood
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous Lithic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ramsey
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, siliceous Lithic Dystrochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from sandstone
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 16N
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    17

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    198

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    90

    0

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU019985
    E—6 to 13 centimeters (2.4 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU019986
    Bw1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU019987
    Bw2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy fine sand; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU019988
    R—46 centimeters (18.1 inches); bedrock; fragments. Sandstone bedrock