IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Possumtrot
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993MO161034M
  • User Pedon ID: 1993MO161034
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9316134
  • Print Date: 2/19/2025

    • 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: 37.8013503
  • Std. Longitude: -91.8376802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T36N
  • Range: R8W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet E and 1500 feet S of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: 75391—Possumtrot fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO161—Phelps
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO161—Phelps County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, active Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Possumtrot
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Possumtrot
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from sandstone
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: C-6
  • 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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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; 25 percent sand; 15 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048746
    A2—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; 31 percent sand; 12 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine to medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048747. upper 18 cm mixed 10YR 5/4 d 3/4m
    Bw1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) silt loam; 36 percent sand; 13 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 15 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; dark brown (10YR 3/3) worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048748. few 10YR 3/3 WC (worm castings) entered under concentrations
    Bw2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; 39 percent sand; 14 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; dark brown (10YR 3/3) worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048749. few 10YR 3/3 WC (worm castings) entered under concentrations
    Bw3—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; 43 percent sand; 14 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; dark brown (10YR 3/3) worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048750. few 10YR 3/3 WC (worm castings) entered under concentrations
    Bw4—79 to 124 centimeters (31.1 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 35 percent sand; 13 percent clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048751
    2BC—124 to 203 centimeters (48.8 to 79.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 7 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU048752. ff 10YR 6/2 ID (iron depletions) cf 7.5YR 4/6 IA (iron accumulations) listed under concentrations as masses.