IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boskydell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1996MO119105M
  • User Pedon ID: 1996MO119105
  • User Site Association ID: 8448
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 96-13
  • Transect Stop Number - 5
  • Transect Interval - 35.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9611967
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 36.5094222
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4394750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T21N
  • Range: R32W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet S and 3025 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 1300 feet south and 3025 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: Kenneth L. Gregg & Jimmy E. Smith.
  • 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 - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium and/or residuum weathered from shale
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • 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: 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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    20—36

    36—239

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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

    20

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    329

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    225

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) extremely gravelly silty clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 25.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 23.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 63 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055814
    BA—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) extremely gravelly silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 20.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 17.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds and 65 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds; 75 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055815. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150542; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150543; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150542; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150543
    Bt1—36 to 71 centimeters (14.2 to 28.0 inches); 80 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely gravelly silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 15.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 12.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds and 40 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; 70 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055816. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150544; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150545; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150544; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150545
    Bt2—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) extremely gravelly silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 8.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 50 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 3 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 62 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU055817. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150546; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150546
    2Bt3—102 to 168 centimeters (40.2 to 66.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) very gravelly silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 60 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout; 50 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # MU055818. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150547; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150547
    2Bt4—168 to 239 centimeters (66.1 to 94.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) very gravelly silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 25 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout; 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU055819. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150548; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150548