IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Goss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1994MO051032
  • User Pedon ID: 1994MO051032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9405117
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34210
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 38.9672644
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3451678
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Section: 35
  • Location Description: 1600' E,1000'S of the NW Corner of Sec 35 T42N, R12W
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO051—Cole
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John L. Baker & Fred Young
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • PSC - 33 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from dolomite
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4-77
  • 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

    0—33

    33—183

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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

    25

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    191

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    300

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots; 40 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049686
    E—5 to 33 centimeters (2.0 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 very fine to medium roots; 52 percent prominent silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 45 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049687
    Bt—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 26 percent prominent silt coats on faces of peds and 26 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 55 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049688
    2Bt2—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior very gravelly silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 10 percent distinct silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 55 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049689
    2Bt3—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior extremely cobbly clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.8 very fine to medium roots; 15 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume angular 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 60 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049690
    2Bt4—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior very gravelly clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.7 very fine to medium roots; 15 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049691
    2Bt5—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior gravelly clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 15 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049692
    2Bt6—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior coarse sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU049693
    2R—183 centimeters (72.0 inches); bedrock; dolomite (dolostone) fragments.