IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loughboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993MO123001M
  • User Pedon ID: 1993MO123001M
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9312301
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27397
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 37.6311111
  • Std. Longitude: -90.4072189
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T34N
  • Range: R6E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1190 feet W and 1200 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 1,190 feet west and 1,200 feet north ofthe southeast corner of sec. 19, T. 34 N., R. 6 E.
  • Map Unit: 30B—Loughboro silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO123—Madison
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO123—Madison County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37090-F4—Wachita Mountain, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MLC, KEB and CGM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, superactive, mesic Aeric Glossaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Loughboro
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2011
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Loughboro
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Glossaqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/17/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 63 Cation exchange capacity to clay ratio


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over residuum weathered from igneous rock
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: basin floor
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/17/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: B-1
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—30

    30—91

    30—43

    43—206

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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

    1

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    —

    325

    —

    270

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; 15 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) iron stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016136
    E1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); 50 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 45 percent brown (10YR 4/3), 45 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) and 50 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 5.0 fine roots; 15 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) iron stains on faces of peds and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016137. The Ap is mixed into this horizon.
    E2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 45 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), 45 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) and 50 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 fine pores; 15 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron stains on faces of peds and 15 percent prominent skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU016138
    Bt/E12—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), 30 percent white (10YR 8/1), dry; silty clay loam; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU016139
    Bt/E11—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); 65 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), 65 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 35 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU016139. Tonguing extended through horizon coating the vertical faces of peds.
    Btg1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 40 percent brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent prominent skeletans on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU016140
    Btg2—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent skeletans on faces of peds and 35 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 25 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU016141
    Btg3—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent prominent skeletans on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU016142
    2BCg—114 to 165 centimeters (44.9 to 65.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent prominent skeletans on faces of peds; 25 percent medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU016143
    2Cg—165 to 206 centimeters (65.0 to 81.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; massive; friable; 15 percent prominent skeletans on faces of peds; 25 percent fine and medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU016144