IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Higdon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1995MO223017M
  • User Pedon ID: 1995MO223017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9522317
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024
  • 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: 37.0291176
  • Std. Longitude: -90.3118057
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 71B—Higdon silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO223—Wayne
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • 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: Coarse-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • 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 - Higdon
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Higdon
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 43 Cation Exc. to Clay x100


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2207-91
  • 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—61

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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

    1

    114

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium platy parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.0 medium tubular and 5.0 medium vesicular pores; 20 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 10 percent fine and medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU054101
    Bw1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 10.0 very fine and fine vesicular and 5.0 medium tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 5 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt coats in root channels and/or pores and 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU054102. patchy - phpvsfiid 133293; patchy - phpvsfiid 133293
    Bw2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) organic stains; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 15 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU054103. patchy - phpvsfiid 133294; patchy - phpvsfiid 133295; patchy - phpvsfiid 133294; patchy - phpvsfiid 133295
    Bw3—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; 5 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.0 medium tubular and 5.0 fine vesicular pores; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 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 # MU054104. Peds were slightly brittle.
    Bw4—86 to 135 centimeters (33.9 to 53.1 inches); 90 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium and coarse prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 medium vesicular and 5.0 fine vesicular pores; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 20 percent fine and medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU054105. Ped were slightly brittle.
    Cg—135 to 170 centimeters (53.1 to 66.9 inches); 80 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; friable; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 20 percent fine and medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU054106
    2C—170 to 203 centimeters (66.9 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; very friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments and 45 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU054107