IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Niangua

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 1995MO051064M

User Pedon ID: 1995MO051064

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - MCL

Lab Pedon # - M9505128

Print Date: 11/21/2024

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: 38.3825519

Std. Longitude: -92.2607040

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: J. Bryan property

State: Missouri

County: MO051—Cole

MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain

PEDON

Describers Name: FJY

Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed (calcareous) Typic Hapludalfs

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Niangua

Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, mixed (calcareous) Typic Hapludalfs

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 36 to 86 cm.

Classificaton Date - 3/16/1995

Moisture Class - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

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

Landscape: hills

Landform: hillside

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: lower third

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Surface Fragments: 7.00 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 3/16/1995 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 6-97

Surface Cover Properties:

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 albic horizon argillic horizon	0—10 10—36 36—117	—- —- —-

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
26	—	—	186	—	110	991	—	—	12.8	23.9	0	—	—	—	—	—	4271	Jefferson City Water Plant	nonrecording

A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) very cobbly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 8.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 6.0 fine interstitial pores; 80 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU052588. continuous - phpvsfiid 146900; continuous - phpvsfiid 146900

E1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); 75 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 25 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 8.0 fine to coarse roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine worm casts; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU052589

E2—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) very gravelly silt loam; weak medium platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU052590

Bt1—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) extremely gravelly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU052591. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 146901; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 146901

2Bt2—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) very gravelly clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 6 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds and 60 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU052592. continuous - phpvsfiid 149229; patchy - phpvsfiid 149230; continuous - phpvsfiid 149229; patchy - phpvsfiid 149230

2Bt3—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); 90 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU052593. continuous - phpvsfiid 146914; continuous - phpvsfiid 146914

2C—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) cobbly loamy sand; massive; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 6 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films between sand grains; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU052594. saprolite; lithochromic colors; patchy - phpvsfiid 146915; patchy - phpvsfiid 146915

2R—132 centimeters (52.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. dolomite of the Roubidoux Formation