IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Roselle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993MO123026M
  • User Pedon ID: 1993MO123026M
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9312326
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27970
  • 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: 37.5692787
  • Std. Longitude: -90.4953079
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T33N
  • Range: R5E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet S and 2550 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 700 ft. S and 2550 ft. W of the NE corner of sec. 9, T. 33 N., R. 5 E.
  • Map Unit: 77006—Roselle silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes44D—Syenite silt loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO123—Madison
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO123—Madison County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37090-E4—Rhodes Mountain, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KEB, MLC and CGM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Roselle
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Roselle
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 53 Cation exchange capacity to clay ratio


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over slope alluvium derived from acid igneous rock
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: basin floor
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: B-3
  • 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

    0—15

    15—140

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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

    7

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    267

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    40

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU020001
    E—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU020002. 20 pecent brown (10YR 4/3) mixing from above horizon.
    Bt1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 75 percent faint clay films; 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) worm nodules; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU020003
    Bt2—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) coats on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU020004
    Bt3—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 75 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films; 1 percent fine dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU020005. Horizon was transitional with grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) laminae in lower part.
    2Eb—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate thick platy structure; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 15 percent prominent clay films and 35 percent distinct clay films; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, acid fragments; 10 BT; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU020006. Consistance is firm in place but upper 2 inches or horizon is friable.
    2Bb—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) very gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent distinct clay films and 15 percent prominent clay films; 1 percent fine and medium noncoherent cemented pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) iron depletions; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, acid fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU020007. Few rotten granite gravels included with coarse fragment; consistence is firm in place.
    3BC—124 to 140 centimeters (48.8 to 55.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) coarse sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; firm; 15 percent prominent clay films; 10 percent coarse noncoherent cemented pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) iron depletions and 10 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, acid fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, acid fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU020008
    3C—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) extremely bouldery coarse sandy loam; weak very thick platy structure; firm; 4 percent prominent clay films; 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU020009. Matrix colors were intermingled.