IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Higdon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1995MO223019M
  • User Pedon ID: 1995MO223019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9522319
  • 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: 37.0274353
  • Std. Longitude: -90.3139191
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T27N
  • Range: R7E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 5000 feet S and 950 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 5,000 feet south and 950 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 5, T. 27 N., R. 7 E
  • 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: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Higdon
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Higdon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 51 Cation Exc. to Clay x100


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed over slope alluvium derived from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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—147

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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

    5

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    —

    119

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    50

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU017642
    E—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 8.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU017643. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 132550; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 132550
    Bt1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 8.0 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine and medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU017644. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 132551; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 132551
    Bt2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); 70 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 8.0 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 25 percent fine prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU017645. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 133307; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 133307
    Btg1—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 20 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent fine and medium strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU017646. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 133308; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 133308
    Bt3—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 3 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent fine prominent gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU017647. continuous - phpvsfiid 133309; continuous - phpvsfiid 133309
    2Bt4—109 to 147 centimeters (42.9 to 57.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine and medium dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent fine and medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU017648. continuous - phpvsfiid 133310; continuous - phpvsfiid 133310
    2BC—147 to 203 centimeters (57.9 to 79.9 inches); 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 30 percent fine and medium dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent fine and medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU017649