IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sowcoon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1994MO209275M
  • User Pedon ID: 1994MO209275
  • User Site Association ID: 8395
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 94-1
  • Transect Stop Number - 8
  • Transect Interval - 25.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9420906
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • 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: 36.5080556
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3913889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T21N
  • Range: R23W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2390 feet E and 2425 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 2390 feet east and 2425 feet north of the southwest corner of section 23, T. 21 N., R. 23 W.
  • Map Unit: 73070—Sowcoon silt loam, frequently ponded, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO209—Stone
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO209—Stone County, Missouri
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Scott Eversoll, Gary Sturdevant and Bill Shields
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Fragiaquic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sowcoon
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sowcoon
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium and/or loess
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: sinkhole
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/4/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: D8
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    mottles with chroma 2 or less

    0—8

    20—168

    46—168

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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

    415

    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 11.0 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions between peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU051196
    BE—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 fine and medium roots; 2 percent iron stains and 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) skeletans on faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions between peds; 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU051197. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157400; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157400
    Bt1—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 4 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) skeletans on faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions between peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU051198. patchy - phpvsfiid 157402; patchy - phpvsfiid 157402
    Bt2—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions between peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU051199. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157404; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157404
    Bt3—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 4 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 7 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) skeletans on faces of peds and 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions between peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU051200. patchy - phpvsfiid 157405; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157406; patchy - phpvsfiid 157407; patchy - phpvsfiid 157405; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157406; patchy - phpvsfiid 157407
    Bt4—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions between peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU051201. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157408; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157408
    Bt5—124 to 157 centimeters (48.8 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 2 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 15 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions between peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU051202. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157409; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157409
    2Btx—157 to 168 centimeters (61.8 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine prominent mottles; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 10 percent distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions between peds; 16 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU051203. 50% Brittleness; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157410; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157410