IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Courtois
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1995MO203082M
  • User Pedon ID: 1995MO203082M
  • User Site Association ID: 8633
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 200.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9561382
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31753
  • 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: 37.1208028
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2093250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T28N
  • Range: R2W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2050 feet E and 1900 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 2,050 feet east and 1,900 feet north of the southwest corner of sec. 6, T. 28 N., R. 2 W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO203—Shannon
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO203—Shannon County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37091-A3—Winona, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SAV,RLT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Courtois
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Courtois
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 44 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 1 Percent rock fragments in the control section (vol) and 10 Percent fine sand to 3 IN. in the control section (wt) and 33 Cation exchange capacity to clay ratio


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over residuum
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 21
  • 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

    slickensides

    0—13

    13—152

    56—

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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

    4

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    192

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    160

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); 60 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) and 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and 10 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU054648
    Bt1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); 40 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) and 20 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 15 percent faint black (N 2/0), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU054649
    Bt2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); 80 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and 20 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent faint dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent faint black (N 2/0), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 15 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron concretions; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU054650
    2Bt3—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); 70 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and 30 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) gravelly clay; strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 very fine and fine roots; 0.9 very fine and fine tubular and 0.9 medium vesicular pores; 15 percent faint dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct black (N 2/0), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 75 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron concretions; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU054651
    2Bt4—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); 50 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and 50 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.9 very fine and fine roots; 0.9 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent faint dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, nonintersecting slickensides on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU054652
    2Bt5—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) clay; strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.9 very fine and fine roots; 0.9 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, nonintersecting slickensides on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU054653
    2Bt6—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); 50 percent dark red (10R 3/6) and 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay; strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.9 very fine roots; 0.9 fine tubular pores; 35 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct dark red (10R 3/6), moist, nonintersecting slickensides on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU054654
    2Bt7—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); 80 percent dark red (10R 3/6) and 20 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay; strong very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.1 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct black (N 2/0), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct dusky red (10R 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct dark red (10R 3/6), moist, nonintersecting slickensides on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU054655