IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lowassie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1996MO091107M
  • User Pedon ID: 1996MO091107
  • User Site Association ID: 8035
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 60A-1
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Transect Interval - 100.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9609141
  • 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: 36.9746417
  • Std. Longitude: -91.7132806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 73013—Lowassie silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently ponded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO091—Howell
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO091—Howell County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SVV, MJM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic Vertic Albaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowassie
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowassie
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Epiaquults
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over slope alluvium
  • Landscape: karstland
  • Landform: sinkhole
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Ponding: frequent ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/11/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    mottles with chroma 2 or less

    argillic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    0—41

    0—152

    41—152

    104—0

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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

    0

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    —

    354

    —

    180

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) rubbed silt loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse platy parts to strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, organic stains throughout; 2 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055295. Animal activity produced platy structure in Ap.
    Eg—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) broken face silt loam; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 7.0 fine interstitial and tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055296
    Btg1—41 to 79 centimeters (16.1 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face silty clay; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 0.9 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 35 percent faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, silt coats throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU055297
    Btg2—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face clay; 5 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU055298
    Btg3—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face silty clay; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent prominent black (N 2/0), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU055299
    Btg4—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face silty clay; 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.1 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent prominent black (N 2/0), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # MU055300