IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gatewood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1994MO161005
  • User Pedon ID: 1994MO161005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: T38N
  • Range: R8W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet N and 840 feet E of the SW corner
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO161—Phelps
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO161—Phelps County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.R.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gatewood
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, mixed Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/10/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from mixed and/or residuum weathered from dolomite
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/10/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: C-1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    bedrock, lithic

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    79 - 94

    94 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic materials

    lithic contact

    0—28

    28—79

    79—94

    94—

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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

    12

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    287

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    180

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01
    A2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very gravelly silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02
    BE—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) extremely gravelly loam; weak and moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03
    2Bt1—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); 60 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly clay; moderate and strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 60 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04. continuous - phpvsfiid 137255; continuous - phpvsfiid 137255
    2Bt2—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate and strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 137256; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 137256
    2Cr—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); bedrock; 0.5 medium roots top of horizon; fragments. Soft decomposing Jefferson City cherty limestone.
    2R—94 centimeters (37.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. Jefferson City cherty limestone bedrock.