IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Goss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1996MO119102M
  • User Pedon ID: 1996MO119102
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9611964
  • 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: 36.7389917
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5673194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T23N
  • Range: R34W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 75 feet S and 1600 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 75 feet siuth and 1600 feet west of the NE corner of sec. 14, T.23N., R.34W.
  • Map Unit: 70081—Rueter-Goss-Jollymill complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO119—McDonald
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO119—McDonald County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken Gregg, Jimmy Smith and Jeff Woodward
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 43 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/27/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/27/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5D
  • 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

    0—33

    43—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

    23

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    311

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    225

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) very gravelly silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; very friable; 25.0 very fine roots throughout; 50.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 3 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU017979. 10 percent fibric material
    A—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 25.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 10.0 coarse roots throughout; 25.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 3 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 70 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU017980
    E—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) extremely gravelly silt; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 20.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 20.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 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; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU017981
    BE—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely cobbly silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 15.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 60 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt coats on faces of peds; 30 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU017982. patchy - phpvsfiid 157821; patchy - phpvsfiid 157821
    Bt1—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); 60 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) extremely gravelly silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 25 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt coats on faces of peds and in pores; 65 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU017983. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157822; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157823; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157822; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157823
    2Bt2—71 to 122 centimeters (28.0 to 48.0 inches); 80 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 7.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 5 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds and 5 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt coats on faces of peds and 40 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 35 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU017984. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150521; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150522; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150523; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150521; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150522; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150523
    3Bt3—122 to 160 centimeters (48.0 to 63.0 inches); 95 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 very fine interstitial pores; 70 percent prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU017985. continuous - phpvsfiid 150524; continuous - phpvsfiid 150524
    4Bt4—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); 60 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) extremely gravelly clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium interstitial pores; 40 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout; 87 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU017986. 40 percent of chert is tripolitic; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150525; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150525