IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Higdon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1995MO223018M
  • User Pedon ID: 1995MO223018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9522318
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.0283813
  • Std. Longitude: -90.3115463
  • 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 Dystrudepts
  • 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: 46 Cation Exc. to Clay x100


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • 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: 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

    36—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

    1

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    113

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU054108
    BA—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU054109
    Bw—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 25 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats; 5 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU054110. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 133302; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 133302
    Bwg1—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 25 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats; 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU054111. patchy - phpvsfiid 133304; patchy - phpvsfiid 133304
    Bwg2—79 to 124 centimeters (31.1 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 25 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU054112
    Bwg3—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 50 percent fine and medium prominent mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU054113. Water was seeping into the pit.