IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fourche
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1995MO223088TM
  • User Pedon ID: 1995MO223088T
  • User Site Association ID: 7867
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - wayne-07
  • Transect Stop Number - 12
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9522336
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025
  • 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: 37.2573547
  • Std. Longitude: -90.5594406
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 21C—Cornwall silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes74646—Cornwall silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO223—Wayne
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO223—Wayne County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37090-C5—Brunot, Missouri
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DH, RT and KG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fourche
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fourche
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/21/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 50 Cation Exc. to Clay x100


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: basin-floor remnant
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/21/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: E1
  • 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—20

    20—203

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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

    192

    100

    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine to medium vesicular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU054184
    E—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine to medium vesicular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU054185
    Bt1—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine to medium roots; 5.0 very fine to medium vesicular pores; pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats and 5 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU054186
    Bt2—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine to medium roots; 5.0 very fine vesicular pores; pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats and 10 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU054187
    Bt3—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); 50 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 4.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; light gray (10YR 7/2) silt coats and prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and prominent gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU054188
    2Bt41—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 6.0 very fine to medium vesicular pores; 5 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats and 20 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # MU054189
    2Bt42—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 6.0 very fine to medium vesicular pores; 15 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats and 20 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # MU054190
    2Bt43—142 to 168 centimeters (55.9 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 6.0 very fine to medium vesicular pores; 15 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats and 20 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # MU054191
    2Bt44—168 to 203 centimeters (66.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 6.0 very fine to medium vesicular pores; 15 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats and 20 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # MU054192