IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boskydell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1996MO119103M
  • User Pedon ID: 1996MO119103
  • User Site Association ID: 8448
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 96-13
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 35.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9611965
  • 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: 36.5096417
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4390778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T21N
  • Range: R32W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1225 feet S and 2875 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 1225 feet south and 2875 feet west of the NE corner of sec. 31, T 21N., R.32W.
  • 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: Jeffrey A. Woodward, April Wilson, Tom DeWitt, Kenneth L. Gregg, and Robert Paul.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Boskydell
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boskydell
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: valley side
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11C
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    mottles with chroma 2 or less

    23—241

    84—241

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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

    17

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    341

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    225

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); 50 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 50 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 60.0 very fine roots throughout; 25.0 very fine interstitial pores; 42 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055806
    A—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) very gravelly silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 50.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 12.0 very fine interstitial pores; 52 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055807
    Bt1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) and 35 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 25 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) extremely gravelly silty clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 40.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 5.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 67 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055808. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150526; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150526
    Bt2—46 to 84 centimeters (18.1 to 33.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) extremely gravelly clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 25.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 5.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 45 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout; 82 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055809. continuous - phpvsfiid 150527; continuous - phpvsfiid 150527
    2Bt3—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); 60 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 30 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly silty clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely firm*; 20.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds and 40 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on faces of peds; 4 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6) iron concretions throughout; 12 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU055810. patchy - phpvsfiid 150528; continuous - phpvsfiid 150529; patchy - phpvsfiid 150528; continuous - phpvsfiid 150529
    2Bt4—122 to 178 centimeters (48.0 to 70.1 inches); 55 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) and 45 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely gravelly silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 15.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent prominent pressure faces throughout and 20 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 4 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6) iron concretions throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments and 75 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU055811. patchy - phpvsfiid 150530; continuous - phpvsfiid 150531; patchy - phpvsfiid 150530; continuous - phpvsfiid 150531
    2Bt5—178 to 201 centimeters (70.1 to 79.1 inches); 60 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely channery silty clay loam; strong medium platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds and 20 percent prominent pressure faces throughout; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6) iron concretions throughout; 25 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments and 65 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU055812. patchy - phpvsfiid 150532; continuous - phpvsfiid 150533; patchy - phpvsfiid 150532; continuous - phpvsfiid 150533
    2Bt6—201 to 241 centimeters (79.1 to 94.9 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 25 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely gravelly silty clay; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds and 40 percent prominent pressure faces throughout; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6) iron concretions throughout; 80 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter shale, noncalcareous fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU055813. patchy - phpvsfiid 150534; continuous - phpvsfiid 150535; patchy - phpvsfiid 150534; continuous - phpvsfiid 150535