IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Townhole
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1996MO119055M
  • User Pedon ID: 1996MO119055
  • User Site Association ID: 8437
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 96-03
  • Transect Stop Number - 4
  • Transect Interval - 528.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9611917
  • Print Date: 12/12/2024

    • 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: 36.7449639
  • Std. Longitude: -94.1707417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 71256—Townhole-Aslinger complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO119—McDonald
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO119—McDonald County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KLG, JAW, & JSE.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Aquic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Townhole
  • PSC - 61 to 111 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/3/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum and/or slope alluvium
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: structural bench
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/3/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8A
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—18

    30—203

    61—91

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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

    4

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    332

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 11.0 very fine and fine roots; 8.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055640
    BA—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 11.0 very fine and fine roots; 8.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055641
    Bw1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) gravelly silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 11.0 very fine and fine roots; 6.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout; 30 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055642. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154125; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154125
    Bw2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); 65 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 11.0 very fine and fine roots; 4.0 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 50 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055643. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154126; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154126
    2Bt1—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); 55 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 45 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) extremely cobbly loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) skeletans in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 40 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 45 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU055644. 25 percent brittleness; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154127; patchy - phpvsfiid 154128; continuous - phpvsfiid 154129; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154127; patchy - phpvsfiid 154128; continuous - phpvsfiid 154129
    3Bt2—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); 70 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and 30 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) extremely gravelly clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 50 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 25 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 55 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU055645. continuous - phpvsfiid 154134; continuous - phpvsfiid 154134
    4Bt3—112 to 157 centimeters (44.1 to 61.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) extremely gravelly clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 70 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 65 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055646. continuous - phpvsfiid 154458; continuous - phpvsfiid 154458
    4Bt4—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) extremely gravelly clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 60 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 20 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 60 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments. Lab sample # MU055647. continuous - phpvsfiid 154437; continuous - phpvsfiid 154437