IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rueter
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1993MO203007M
  • User Pedon ID: 1993MO203007M
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 200.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9361307
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31319
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.2150194
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3532583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T29N
  • Range: R4W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 3600 feet N and 2500 feet e of the SW corner
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO203—Shannon
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO203—Shannon County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37091-B3—Eminence, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SV, JDC, RLT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rueter
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/23/2020
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rueter
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3
  • Field Measured Properties: 36 Cation exchange capacity to clay ratio


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from dolomite and/or slope alluvium
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/14/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 14
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    bedrock, lithic

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    203 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    lithic contact

    5—33

    33—203

    102—

    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

    35

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    317

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    140

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Partially decomposed leaves, twigs, and roots!
    A—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) extremely gravelly silt loam; strong medium granular structure; very friable; 7.0 fine roots; 7.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049298
    E—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU049299
    Bt1—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049300
    Bt2—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very gravelly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 medium roots; 2.0 medium interstitial pores; 30 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU049301
    2Bt3—102 to 147 centimeters (40.2 to 57.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) cobbly clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct black (N 2/0), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU049302
    2Bt4—147 to 203 centimeters (57.9 to 79.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct , moist, nonintersecting slickensides on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU049303
    2R—203 centimeters (79.9 inches); bedrock; fragments. Dolomite bedrock!