IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plato
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1995MO151032
  • User Pedon ID: 1995MO151032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9115133
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27505
  • 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: 38.4219953
  • Std. Longitude: -91.6554223
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Bill Brouks property
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO151—Osage
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wyn Kelley Melvin Simmons
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plato
  • PSC - 20 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/11/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed and/or residuum weathered from dolomite
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: divide
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/11/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 26
  • 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

    fragipan

    0—20

    20—152

    51—122

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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

    —

    —

    201

    —

    135

    991

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    —

    12.8

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    —

    13.9

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016832
    Bt—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint irregular mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats on faces of peds; 10 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016833, MU016834. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148619; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148620; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148619; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148620
    2Btx1—51 to 91 centimeters (20.1 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; 10 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak fine platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.8 very fine roots between peds; 0.8 very fine vesicular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct black (7.5YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016835, MU016836. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148621; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148622; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148621; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148622
    2Btx2—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior extremely gravelly silt loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 5 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 20 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds; 85 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU016837, MU016838. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148623; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148624; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148623; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148624
    3Bt—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU016839, MU016840. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148625; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148625