IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eldorado
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1994MO097045
  • User Pedon ID: 1994MO097045
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9409745
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33131
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 37.2672234
  • Std. Longitude: -94.3238907
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T29N
  • Range: R31W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 4000 feet N and 800 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: NE1/4 NE1/4 Lower1/3 Sec5 T29N R31W 4000ft N 800ft W of SE corner
  • Map Unit: 40016—Eldorado very gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO097—Jasper
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO097—Jasper County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KDH ACP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, thermic Typic Paleudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eldorado
  • PSC - 38 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keeno
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone and/or solid rock derived from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: h slight weathered limestone, cherty
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 13W
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    38—163

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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

    76

    45.7

    282

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    991

    —

    —

    13.9

    25

    2.8

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/2) crushed, dry; very cobbly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 15.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 25 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049989; moist when described;
    A—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; extremely cobbly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 50 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU049990; moist when described;
    Bt1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior extremely cobbly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 60 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 50 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU049991; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 149988; continuous - phpvsfiid 149988
    Bt2—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior extremely cobbly silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 70 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 45 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049992; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 149989; continuous - phpvsfiid 149989
    2Bt1—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior extremely cobbly clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 70 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine and medium spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0) dark concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU049993; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 157491; continuous - phpvsfiid 157491
    2Bt2—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior cobbly clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent distinct black (N 2/0), moist, black stains on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and in pores and 80 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent fine and medium spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0) dark concretions throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU049994; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 149773; continuous - phpvsfiid 149776; patchy - phpvsfiid 149917; continuous - phpvsfiid 149773; continuous - phpvsfiid 149776; patchy - phpvsfiid 149917
    2Btss—135 to 163 centimeters (53.1 to 64.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior cobbly clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine and fine roots between peds; 0.3 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent distinct black (N 2/0), moist, black stains on faces of peds and in pores and 5 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and in pores and 25 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and in pores and 60 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent fine and medium spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0) dark concretions throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU049995; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 149794; continuous - phpvsfiid 149795; patchy - phpvsfiid 149796; continuous - phpvsfiid 149918; continuous - phpvsfiid 149794; continuous - phpvsfiid 149795; patchy - phpvsfiid 149796; continuous - phpvsfiid 149918
    3R—163 to 163 centimeters (64.2 to 64.2 inches); fragments.