IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sylvania
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1994MO057004
  • User Pedon ID: 1994MO057004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9405701
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33149
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 37.5141667
  • Std. Longitude: -93.9386111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T32N
  • Range: R28W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet W and 2900 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 1,900 west and 2,900 feet north of the southeast corner of sec. 18, T. 32 N., R. 28 W.
  • Map Unit: 40005—Sylvania loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes, very stony
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO057—Dade
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO057—Dade County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Burney, R. D. Chorice, Richard Henderson, Richard McBee.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Typic Haplohumults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sylvania
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sylvania
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, thermic Oxyaquic Haplohumults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 38 to cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/4/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from sandstone and shale and/or residuum weathered from sandstone and shale and/or solid rock derived from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: sandstone and shale
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/4/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 409-92
  • 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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—38

    38—114

    114—140

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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

    10

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    315

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049702
    A—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049703
    BA—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) very gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 4.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU049704
    2Bt1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine weak red (10R 4/4) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049705. continuous - phpvsfiid 1849298; continuous - phpvsfiid 1849298
    2Bt2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine red (10R 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049706. continuous - phpvsfiid 1849299; continuous - phpvsfiid 1849299
    2Bt3—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049707. continuous - phpvsfiid 1849300; continuous - phpvsfiid 1849300
    2Bt4—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay; weak thin platy parts to weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent fine red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049708. continuous - phpvsfiid 1849301; continuous - phpvsfiid 1849301
    2Cr—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments.