IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Goss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1996MO119069M
  • User Pedon ID: 1996MO119069
  • User Site Association ID: 8440
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 96-06
  • Transect Stop Number - 3
  • Transect Interval - 21.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9611931
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 36.7332916
  • Std. Longitude: -94.1277390
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T23N
  • Range: R30W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 723 feet E and 637 feet S of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: 70080—Noark-Clarksville-Crackerneck complex, karst, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO119—McDonald
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO119—McDonald County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36094-F2—Bethpage, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JAW, KLG, & JSE.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/11/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium over residuum
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/11/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8A
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    0—25

    46—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

    28

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    379

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    280

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; extremely gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 11.0 very fine and fine roots and 2.0 medium roots; 5.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, soil test; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU055691
    Bt1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 40 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 11.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 5.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent distinct red (2.5YR 5/8) clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains on horizontal faces of peds; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 32 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, soil test; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU055692. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154446; patchy - phpvsfiid 154447; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154446; patchy - phpvsfiid 154447
    2Bt2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); 60 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 40 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine to medium interstitial pores; 10 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 25 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 17 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 53 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, soil test; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055693. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154917; patchy - phpvsfiid 154465; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154917; patchy - phpvsfiid 154465
    2Bt3—64 to 119 centimeters (25.2 to 46.9 inches); 60 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 40 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) gravelly clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine to medium interstitial pores; 80 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 52 percent by volume nonflat subangular weakly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, soil test; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055694. 10YR 8/4 material is weathered tripoli; continuous - phpvsfiid 154466; continuous - phpvsfiid 154466
    3Bt4—119 to 203 centimeters (46.9 to 79.9 inches); 63 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 30 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/4) and 7 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) gravelly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.1 very fine interstitial pores; 70 percent prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular weakly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular weakly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, soil test. Lab sample # MU055695. continuous - phpvsfiid 154043; continuous - phpvsfiid 154043