IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menfro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1995MO099252
  • User Pedon ID: 1995MO099252
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9509906
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35570
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 38.2775543
  • Std. Longitude: -90.3803813
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO099—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B.Brown,D.Skaer
  • 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 - Menfro
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/27/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 98N
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    48

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    143

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    80

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Partially decomposed leaves, twigs, and roots.
    A—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine granular structure; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU053249
    E—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU053250
    Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU053251
    Bt2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct skeletans on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU053252
    Bt3—64 to 105 centimeters (25.2 to 41.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU053253
    Bt4—105 to 186 centimeters (41.3 to 73.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # MU053254