IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Sturges
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1994MO117007m
User Pedon ID:
1994MO117007m
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
MCL
Lab Pedon # -
M9411707
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
33128
Print Date:
12/17/2024
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:
39.8458633
Std. Longitude:
-93.3843689
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
T58N
Range:
R22W
Section:
17
Location Description:
1,550 feet south and 350 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 17, T. 58 N., R. 22 W.
Map Unit:
30207—Sturges silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
State:
Missouri
County:
MO117—Livingston
MLRA:
109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MO117—Livingston County, Missouri
PEDON
Describers Name:
jbm, jls, maa
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Argialbolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Sturges
PSC -
30 to 81 cm.
Classificaton Date -
4/12/2012
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eighth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Sturges
Classificaton Date -
12/7/1994
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
loess and/or outwash
Landscape:
till plain
Landform:
ridge
Geomorphic Component Hills:
interfluve
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
12/7/1994 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
19
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
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
albic horizon
mollic epipedon
argillic horizon
0—23
23—30
30—41
30—152
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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
2
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242
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Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU050227
A—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine prismatic structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU050228
E—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU050229
Bt1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; 5 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 51 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU050230
Bt2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 26 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains and 51 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU050231
Btg1—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; 5 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 6 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains and 26 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU050232
Btg2—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) silty clay loam; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent and 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 26 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU050233. 6 percent sand grains.
Btg3—107 to 155 centimeters (42.1 to 61.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 51 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 6 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 26 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 3 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU050234. 6 percent sand grains;
Cg—155 to 165 centimeters (61.0 to 65.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # MU64493
Cg2—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # MU050235