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

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    242

    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