IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weller
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1994MO019004
  • User Pedon ID: 1994MO019004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9401904
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34229
  • 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: 38.7542944
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2756437
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Range: R12W
  • Section: 21
  • Location Description: 1600 feet south and 1000 feet west of the NE orner, sec. 21, T. 46 N., R. 12 W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO019—Boone
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Melvin Simmons
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weller
  • PSC - 13 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 45
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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—13

    13—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

    6

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049481
    Bt1—13 to 43 centimeters (5.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 35 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049482
    Bt2—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 35 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct silt coats; 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049483
    2Bt3—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains and 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct silt coats; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049484
    2Bt4—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049485
    3Bt5—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049486
    3Bt6—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU049487