IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1995MO151060
  • User Pedon ID: 1995MO151060
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9015104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27189
  • Print Date: 4/22/2025

    • 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: 38.6858803
  • Std. Longitude: -91.6604230
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO151—Osage
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Keith Davis
  • 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 - Leta
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/21/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed-noncalcareous
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/21/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    mollic epipedon

    0—25

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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

    0

    —

    —

    158

    —

    991

    —

    —

    12.8

    —

    —

    13.9

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; silty clay; weak fine granular structure; firm; 4.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014828
    Bg1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silty clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct irregular mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; 0.8 very fine vesicular pores; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014829
    Bg2—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct irregular mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; 0.8 very fine vesicular pores; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014830
    2C1—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior very fine sandy loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint irregular mottles; weak very thin platy structure; very friable; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014831. colors are stratified.
    2C2—79 to 132 centimeters (31.1 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) interior silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; very friable; 10 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014832, MU014833. colors are stratified.
    2C3—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior loamy very fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU014834. colorsare stratified.