IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Opolis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1996MO097007
  • User Pedon ID: 1996MO097007
  • User Site Association ID: 8456
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 96-4
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 75.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9609707
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32470
  • 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: 37.3365222
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5853278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T30N
  • Range: R33W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet E and 750 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC 20 T30N R 33W, 2600 feet east and 750 feet north of the southwest corner of section 20
  • Map Unit: 40021—Opolis-Hepler silt loams, 1 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO097—Jasper
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO097—Jasper County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ACP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Opolis
  • PSC - 10 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Breaks
  • Classificaton Date - 4/4/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: break
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/4/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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—10

    10—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

    24

    6

    —

    277

    —

    90

    991

    —

    —

    13.9

    25

    2.8

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055388
    2Bt1—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 80 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055389. continuous - phpvsfiid 152074; continuous - phpvsfiid 152075; continuous - phpvsfiid 152074; continuous - phpvsfiid 152075
    2Bt2—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 7 percent fine irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055390. continuous - phpvsfiid 152000; continuous - phpvsfiid 152001; continuous - phpvsfiid 152000; continuous - phpvsfiid 152001
    3Btg3—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 7 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 60 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular dark brown (10YR 3/3) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 3 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds and 7 percent fine irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055391. continuous - phpvsfiid 152002; continuous - phpvsfiid 152003; patchy - phpvsfiid 152004; continuous - phpvsfiid 152002; continuous - phpvsfiid 152003; patchy - phpvsfiid 152004
    3Btg4—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 20 percent prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 50 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 3 percent fine irregular brown (10YR 4/3) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 5 percent fine and medium irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds and 7 percent fine irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055392. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 152006; continuous - phpvsfiid 152005; continuous - phpvsfiid 152007; continuous - phpvsfiid 152218; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 152006; continuous - phpvsfiid 152005; continuous - phpvsfiid 152007; continuous - phpvsfiid 152218
    3Btg5—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular reddish brown (5YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses between peds and 5 percent fine irregular light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 10 percent fine irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 10 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds and 20 percent medium and coarse irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron between peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU055393. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 152190; continuous - phpvsfiid 152191; continuous - phpvsfiid 152219; continuous - phpvsfiid 152220; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 152190; continuous - phpvsfiid 152191; continuous - phpvsfiid 152219; continuous - phpvsfiid 152220
    4Bt—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU055394. continuous - phpvsfiid 152192; continuous - phpvsfiid 158318; continuous - phpvsfiid 152192; continuous - phpvsfiid 158318