IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Goss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1994MO067031M
  • User Pedon ID: 1994MO067031
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1994MO067031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9406704
  • 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: 37.0436830
  • Std. Longitude: -92.4898902
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T27N
  • Range: R14W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 650 feet E and 1910 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 650 ft. east and 1910 ft. south of the NE corner of sec. 8, T27N, R14W
  • Map Unit: 73328—Scholten-Noark complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO067—Douglas
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO067—Douglas County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gary Lindgren and Bill Shields
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/4/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from dolomite
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: V-shaped valley
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/4/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2255-35
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUST

    RUBUS

    ULMUS

    Quercus stellata

    Rubus

    Ulmus

    post oak

    blackberry

    elm

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    —

    —

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—25

    25—135

    135—0

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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

    18

    —

    —

    354

    —

    95

    1092

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    12.8

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    —

    —

    —

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    5227

    Mansfield

    TAPS
    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly clay loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 39 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049746
    BE—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots between peds and 0.5 coarse roots between peds; 6.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 53 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049747. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 127631; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 127631
    2Bt1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very gravelly clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent spherical mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 6.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 47 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049748
    2Bt2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly clay; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent spherical mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 4 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 15 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 57 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049749. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 127632; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 127632
    2Bt3—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly clay; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent spherical mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) clay films on faces of peds and 20 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 10 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 46 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049750. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 127634; continuous - phpvsfiid 127633; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 127634; continuous - phpvsfiid 127633
    2Bt4—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) gravelly clay; 10 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak very fine and fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films in root channels and/or pores and 20 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 30 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049751. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 127646; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 127652; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 130824; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 127646; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 127652; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 130824
    2Bt5—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly clay; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine prominent spherical mottles; moderate fine prismatic structure; very firm; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses in cracks; 18 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049752. continuous - phpvsfiid 127653; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 127654; continuous - phpvsfiid 127653; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 127654
    2Bt6—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; weak fine prismatic structure; very firm; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses in cracks; 7 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 7 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049753. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 127655; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 127655
    2Bt7—124 to 135 centimeters (48.8 to 53.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine prominent spherical mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 5 percent fine irregular carbonate masses throughout; 7 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 7 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU049754. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 131117; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 131118; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 131117; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 131118
    2R—135 centimeters (53.1 inches); bedrock; dolomite (dolostone) fragments. Weathered dolomite with thin strata of light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and yellow (10YR 7/6) loamy sand; few fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) mottles;