IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weller
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1994MO019002
  • User Pedon ID: 1994MO019002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9401902
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34231
  • 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: 38.7852362
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2663502
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Range: R12W
  • Section: 10
  • Location Description: 1300 feet east and 1500 feet south of the northwest cor. of sec. 10, T.46N.,R.12W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO019—Boone
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Melvin Simmons
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weller
  • PSC - 18 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 45
  • 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—18

    18—178

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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

    4

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049466
    Bt—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049467
    Btg1—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049468
    Btg2—66 to 104 centimeters (26.0 to 40.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 15 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049469
    2Btg3—104 to 140 centimeters (40.9 to 55.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049470
    2Btg4—140 to 178 centimeters (55.1 to 70.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 35 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049471
    2C—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; massive; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU049472