IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boskydell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1996MO119039M
  • User Pedon ID: 1996MO119039
  • User Site Association ID: 8435
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 96-01
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 120.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9611901
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 36.5381393
  • Std. Longitude: -94.2523270
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T21N
  • Range: R31W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 550 feet N and 1225 feet W of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: 73349—Boskydell very gravelly silty clay loam, 8 to 20 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO119—McDonald
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO119—McDonald County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36094-E3—Jane, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KLG,JSE,JAW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Boskydell
  • PSC - 15 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boskydell
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from cherty limestone and/or residuum weathered from shale
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: valley side
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/26/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 13C
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    13—140

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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

    15

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    354

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed, brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed, dry; very gravelly silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 11.0 very fine and fine roots and 4.0 medium and coarse roots; 10.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 50 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, soil test; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU011399
    Bt1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 11.0 very fine and fine roots and 4.0 medium and coarse roots; 6.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 3 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 3 percent fine spherical worm casts; 70 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, soil test; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU011400. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 155264; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 155264
    Bt2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and brown (10YR 5/3) extremely gravelly clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 11.0 very fine and fine roots and 4.0 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 40 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine spherical strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 8 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 70 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, soil test; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU011401. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159508; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159508
    2Bt3—41 to 99 centimeters (16.1 to 39.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) very gravelly silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 2.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 25 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine spherical strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds; 50 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, soil test; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU011402. pockets of (10YR 2/1) Black organic material; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159509; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159509
    2Bt4—99 to 140 centimeters (39.0 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) gravelly silty clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 20 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent fine spherical strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds; 30 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, soil test; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU011403. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159510; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159510
    2Bt5—140 to 175 centimeters (55.1 to 68.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) extremely gravelly silty clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine spherical strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds; 85 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, soil test; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU011404. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159511; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159511
    2Cr—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Fractured shale filled with (2.5Y 5/3) Light Olive Brown silt loam