IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fourche
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1994MO223079M
  • User Pedon ID: 1994MO223079
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9422379
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 37.2061119
  • Std. Longitude: -90.5977783
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 73147—Fourche silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes24C—Fourche silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO223—Wayne
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO223—Wayne County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37090-B5—Patterson, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fourche
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fourche
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/14/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 47 Cation Exc. to Clay x100


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over slope alluvium over residuum
  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: basin-floor remnant
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/14/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2198-245
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—218

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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

    5

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    154

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    240

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU017169
    Bt1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU017170. patchy - phpvsfiid 162763; patchy - phpvsfiid 162763
    Bt2—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU017171. patchy - phpvsfiid 162764; patchy - phpvsfiid 162764
    2Btx1—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats and 5 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats and 30 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films; 10 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU017172. Gray mottle colors are in seams.; continuous - phpvsfiid 162765; continuous - phpvsfiid 162765
    2Btx2—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats and 5 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats and 30 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films; 20 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU017173. Gray mottle colors are in seams. Roots are in gray seams.; continuous - phpvsfiid 162768; continuous - phpvsfiid 162768
    2Btx3—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats and 30 percent distinct clay films; 25 percent medium and coarse iron-manganese masses and 25 percent medium and coarse iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU017174. Gray mottle colors are in seams.; patchy - phpvsfiid 162771; patchy - phpvsfiid 162771
    3Bt3—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very gravelly silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and coarse prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent medium and coarse iron-manganese masses and 1 percent medium and coarse iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU017175. Gray mottle colors are in seams.
    3Bt4—183 to 218 centimeters (72.0 to 85.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) very gravelly clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and coarse prominent mottles; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent medium and coarse iron-manganese masses and 25 percent medium and coarse iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU017176. Gray mottle colors are in seams.
    3BC—218 to 244 centimeters (85.8 to 96.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay; weak very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent medium and coarse iron-manganese masses and 15 percent medium and coarse iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU017177