IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Boskydell
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1996MO119045M
User Pedon ID:
1996MO119045
User Site Association ID:
8435
Transect:
User Transect ID -
96-01
Transect Stop Number -
7
Transect Interval -
120.0
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
MCL
Lab Pedon # -
M9611907
Print Date:
4/29/2025
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:
36.5396139
Std. Longitude:
-94.2506528
Datum:
WGS84
Map Unit:
73349—Boskydell very gravelly silty clay loam, 8 to 20 percent slopes
State:
Missouri
County:
MO119—McDonald
MLRA:
116B—Springfield Plain
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MO119—McDonald County, Missouri
PEDON
Describers Name:
JAW and KLG
Current Taxonomic Class:
Clayey-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Boskydell
PSC -
25 to 75 cm.
Classificaton Date -
4/18/2012
Moisture Class -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
SND
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
1/17/1996
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
slope alluvium over residuum
Landscape:
plateau
Landform:
interfluve
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
footslope
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Surface Fragments:
1.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
1/17/1996 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
12B
Surface Cover Properties:
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
ochric epipedon
argillic horizon
lithic contact
0—13
25—191
191—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
15
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337
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225
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Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly silt loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 11.0 very fine and fine roots and 11.0 medium and coarse roots; 10.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 25 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055601
BA—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 11.0 very fine and fine roots and 11.0 medium and coarse roots; 5.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) black stains on faces of peds and 10 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055602
Bt1—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); 55 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 45 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 11.0 very fine and fine roots and 11.0 medium and coarse roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) iron stains on faces of peds and 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) black stains on faces of peds; 5 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) masses of dark accumulation; 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055603. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159276; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159276
Bt2—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); 60 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) extremely gravelly silty clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 11.0 very fine and fine roots and 2.0 medium roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/8) iron stains on faces of peds and 30 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 22 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) masses of dark accumulation; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 70 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055604. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159364; patchy - phpvsfiid 159365; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159364; patchy - phpvsfiid 159365
Bt3—84 to 94 centimeters (33.1 to 37.0 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 10 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) very gravelly clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 7.0 very fine and fine roots and 2.0 medium roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) iron stains on faces of peds and 55 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) masses of dark accumulation; 45 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055605. continuous - phpvsfiid 159366; continuous - phpvsfiid 159366
2Bt4—94 to 147 centimeters (37.0 to 57.9 inches); 50 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 20 percent light red (2.5YR 6/6) gravelly clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 very fine and fine roots and 2.0 medium roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds and 40 percent faint olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) clay films on faces of peds; 18 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) masses of dark accumulation; 15 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055606. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154908; continuous - phpvsfiid 155860; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154908; continuous - phpvsfiid 155860
2Bt5—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); 55 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 35 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) gravelly clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 very fine and fine roots and 2.0 medium roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 25 percent faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) clay films on faces of peds and 40 percent faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) masses of dark accumulation; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU055607. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154910; continuous - phpvsfiid 154909; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154910; continuous - phpvsfiid 154909
2Bt6—183 to 191 centimeters (72.0 to 75.2 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 25 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 15 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) and gray (10YR 6/1) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 very fine and fine roots and 2.0 medium roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) iron stains on faces of peds and 35 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) masses of dark accumulation; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU055608. 15 percent parent material 10YR 5/8; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154911; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154911
R—191 centimeters (75.2 inches); bedrock; fragments. hard limestone bedrock