IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Viraton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993MO153008M
  • User Pedon ID: 1993MO153008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9315308
  • 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: 36.5525639
  • Std. Longitude: -92.6674111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T22N
  • Range: R16W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 850 feet N and 1700 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 850 feet north and 1700 feet west of the SE corner of Sec. 25, T. 22 N., R. 16 W.
  • Map Unit: 73015—Viraton silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO153—Ozark
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO153—Ozark County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Buddy Festervand, Gene Campbell, Tony Dohmen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Viraton
  • PSC - 20 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Viraton
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • PSC - 20 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/19/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 26.4 percent of Percent clay in the control section


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or pedisediment and/or residuum
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Jeff City formation of the Ordovician group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/19/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3-5
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    fragipan

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    48 -

    - 33 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—20

    20—203

    48—81

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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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    259

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 7.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048434
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine roots; 5 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 20 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048435
    Bt2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); 90 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048436
    2Btx1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); 35 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) very gravelly silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048437
    2Btx2—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); 35 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 30 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) extremely gravelly silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048438
    3Bt3—81 to 117 centimeters (31.9 to 46.1 inches); 60 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and 30 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 10 percent gray (10YR 5/1) very gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 60 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048439
    3Bt4—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); 50 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 20 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) very cobbly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 60 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048440
    3Bt5—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); 65 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 10 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 5 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 60 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU048441