IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alsup
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993MO167334
  • User Pedon ID: 1993MO167334
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9316718
  • 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: 37.4302778
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3050000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T31N
  • Range: R22W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 2320 feet N and 100 feet W of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 2320 feet north and 100 feet west of the southwest corner of sec. 19, T. 31 N., R. 22 W.
  • Map Unit: 70004—Alsup silt loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Burney, and John Bowers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alsup
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alsup
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/14/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from shale and siltstone and/or residuum weathered from shale and siltstone and/or solid rock derived from shale and siltstone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: shale and siltstone
  • Surface Fragments: 1.50 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/14/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    paralithic contact

    lithic contact

    0—23

    23—104

    104—117

    117—203

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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

    24

    —

    —

    358

    —

    270

    1041

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    —

    13.3

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    —

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048839
    E—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 0.8 medium roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU048840
    2Bt1—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 0.8 coarse roots; distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) silt coats and distinct clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048841. continuous - phpvsfiid 153689; continuous - phpvsfiid 156275; continuous - phpvsfiid 153689; continuous - phpvsfiid 156275
    2Bt2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); yellow (2.5Y 7/6) silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 8.0 medium roots and 8.0 medium roots; distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048842. continuous - phpvsfiid 160013; continuous - phpvsfiid 160013
    2Bt3—69 to 104 centimeters (27.2 to 40.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) very channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 0.8 coarse roots; distinct clay films on faces of peds and light gray (2.5Y 7/1) silt coats in root channels and/or pores; 40 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU048843. continuous - phpvsfiid 160014; continuous - phpvsfiid 160014
    2Cr—104 to 117 centimeters (40.9 to 46.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4) and yellow (2.5Y 7/6) weathered bedrock; very firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    2R—117 centimeters (46.1 inches); bedrock; fragments.