IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hepler
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1996MO097008
  • User Pedon ID: 1996MO097008
  • User Site Association ID: 8456
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 96-4
  • Transect Stop Number - 7
  • Transect Interval - 75.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9609708
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26380
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 37.3359000
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5845250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T30N
  • Range: R33W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet W and 550 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC 20 T30N R33W; 2500 feet west and 550 feet north of the southeast 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 - Hepler
  • PSC - 33 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alluvial
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/4/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium and/or residuum weathered from noncalcareous shale
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Ponding: occasional 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

    paralithic contact

    0—20

    33—107

    107—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

    —

    —

    277

    —

    991

    —

    —

    13.9

    25

    2.8

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    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds and 5 percent fine irregular dark brown (10YR 3/3) masses of oxidized iron between peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009161
    AB—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent fine irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 5 percent fine irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron between peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009162. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 158414; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 158414
    Bt1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 50 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout and 2 percent fine irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 2 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout and 5 percent fine irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron between peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009163. continuous - phpvsfiid 158415; continuous - phpvsfiid 158415
    Bt2—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 60 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 3 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout and 5 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 15 percent fine and medium spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout and 15 percent fine and medium spherical strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron concretions throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009164. continuous - phpvsfiid 152464; continuous - phpvsfiid 152464
    2Bt3—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 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 brown (7.5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 5 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds and 10 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron between peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009165. continuous - phpvsfiid 152465; continuous - phpvsfiid 152466; continuous - phpvsfiid 152465; continuous - phpvsfiid 152466
    2Bt4—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 50 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron concretions throughout and 1 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009166. shale; continuous - phpvsfiid 152467; continuous - phpvsfiid 152468; continuous - phpvsfiid 152467; continuous - phpvsfiid 152468
    C1—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); 70 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior and 5 percent gray (10YR 6/1) interior and 25 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior silty clay; strong fine platy structure; extremely firm*; 5 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009167. shale; continuous - phpvsfiid 152469; continuous - phpvsfiid 152469
    C2—135 to 218 centimeters (53.1 to 85.8 inches); 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior and 20 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and 20 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay; strong fine platy structure; extremely firm*; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU009168