IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eldorado
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1994MO097046
  • User Pedon ID: 1994MO097046
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9409746
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45438
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 37.2855556
  • Std. Longitude: -94.3541667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T29N
  • Range: R32W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 4300 feet S and 100 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: NE1/4 SE1/4 upper1/3 Sec1 T29N R32W 4300ft S 100ft W of NE 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 Haplumbrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eldorado
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eldorado
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed-noncalcareous and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: karstland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/26/1994 (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

    fragipan

    0—25

    25—203

    114—170

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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

    30

    3

    277

    —

    991

    —

    —

    13.9

    25

    2.8

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 8.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 28 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU064606; moist when described;
    A2—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed very gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 45 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU064607; moist when described;
    Bt1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 50 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU064608; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 153887; continuous - phpvsfiid 153887
    Bt2—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 70 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 35 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU064609; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 149908; continuous - phpvsfiid 149908
    Bt3—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots around fragments and 0.5 medium roots around fragments; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 70 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0) dark concretions throughout; 10 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 35 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU064610; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 149909; continuous - phpvsfiid 149909
    2Btx—114 to 170 centimeters (44.9 to 66.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior very gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots around fragments and 0.5 medium roots around fragments; 6.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular and 9.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 40 percent prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0) dark concretions throughout and 10 percent fine and medium irregular dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 35 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU064611; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 149910; patchy - phpvsfiid 149911; continuous - phpvsfiid 149910; patchy - phpvsfiid 149911
    2Bt—170 to 203 centimeters (66.9 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior very gravelly silty clay loam; weak coarse platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots around fragments; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular and 3.0 medium low-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 40 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 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; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU064612; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 149986; patchy - phpvsfiid 149987; continuous - phpvsfiid 149986; patchy - phpvsfiid 149987