IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plato

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 1995MO039053M

User Pedon ID: 1995MO039053

User Site Association ID: 8426

Transect:

User Transect ID - 95-2

Transect Stop Number - 4

Transect Interval - 25.0

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - MCL

Lab Pedon # - M9503924

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: 37.5964767

Std. Longitude: -93.9443769

Datum: WGS84

Township: T33N

Range: R27W

Section: 18

PLSS Details: 1250 feet N and 550 feet E of the SW corner

Location Description: 1250 north and 550 feet east of the southwest corner of sec. 18, T. 33 N., R. 27 W.

State: Missouri

County: MO039—Cedar

MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO039—Cedar County, Missouri

PEDON

Describers Name: Mike Burney and R. D. Chorice

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Aquic Fragiudalfs

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Plato

Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Aquic Fragiudalfs

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 25 to 56 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/25/1995

Moisture Class - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: loess and/or slope alluvium and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone

Landscape: plateau

Landform: interfluve

Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/25/1995 (actual site observation date)

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 mottles with chroma 2 or less fragipan	0—25 25—203 25—203 56—99	—- —- —- —-

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	—	—	312	—	200	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots; 10 percent distinct iron stains and 20 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU052480

E—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots; 30 percent distinct iron stains and 40 percent skeletans; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU052481

Bt1—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; 5 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 10 percent skeletans and 30 percent distinct iron stains and 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU052482

2Btx1—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) very gravelly clay loam; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 3.0 fine roots in cracks; 20 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) iron stains and 30 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 10 percent fine and medium iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU052483

2Btx2—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very gravelly loam; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak coarse and very coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron stains; 25 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU052484

3Bt2—99 to 145 centimeters (39.0 to 57.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU052485

3Bt3—145 to 203 centimeters (57.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine iron-manganese masses and 15 percent fine and medium dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU052486