IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bearthicket
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1995MO223016M
  • User Pedon ID: 1995MO223016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9522316
  • Print Date: 4/8/2025

    • 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: 37.0315018
  • Std. Longitude: -90.3133392
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 65B—Bearthicket silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded75381—Bearthicket silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO223—Wayne
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO223—Wayne County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37090-A3—Shook, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DH, RT and KG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bearthicket
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/28/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elk
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 39 Cation Exc. to Clay x100


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2199-64
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    18—152

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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

    2

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    114

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak thick platy parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU054094
    Bt1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; weak thick platy parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU054095. patchy - phpvsfiid 133289; patchy - phpvsfiid 133289
    Bt2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU054096. patchy - phpvsfiid 133290; patchy - phpvsfiid 133290
    Bt3—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 5 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt coats in root channels and/or pores and 20 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU054097. patchy - phpvsfiid 133291; patchy - phpvsfiid 133292; patchy - phpvsfiid 133291; patchy - phpvsfiid 133292
    Bt4—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine vesicular and 5.0 medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 5 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt coats in root channels and/or pores and 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent fine and medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU054098. patchy - phpvsfiid 163237; patchy - phpvsfiid 163238; patchy - phpvsfiid 163237; patchy - phpvsfiid 163238
    2Bt51—84 to 119 centimeters (33.1 to 46.9 inches); 80 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine vesicular and 5.0 medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine and medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU054099. Peds were slightly brittle.; patchy - phpvsfiid 163243; patchy - phpvsfiid 163243
    2Bt52—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # MU054100
    3C1—152 to 173 centimeters (59.8 to 68.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) gravelly sandy loam; massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU64596. Water table at 60 inches.
    3C2—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; very friable; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments. Lab sample # MU64597. No lab sample was collected for this layer.