IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ashton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1994MO099231
  • User Pedon ID: 1994MO099231
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9409925
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34568
  • 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: 38.3925524
  • Std. Longitude: -90.5903882
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO099—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D.Skaer
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashton
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/21/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 48N
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU050079
    BA—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 1 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU050080
    Bt1—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU050081
    Bt2—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU050082
    Bt3—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 26 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 26 percent distinct skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU050083
    2Bt4—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 26 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU050084
    2Bt5—132 to 165 centimeters (52.0 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) gravelly clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 26 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments. Lab sample # MU050085