IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plato
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1996MO125012M
  • User Pedon ID: 1996MO125012
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 2
  • Transect Stop Number - 5
  • Transect Interval - 20.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9612512
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.0392914
  • Std. Longitude: -92.1694701
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sandler property.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO125—Maries
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KOD, WAK, BBB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plato
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 15 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/26/1996
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or pedisediment and/or residuum
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/26/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11B
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    15—61

    61—127

    127—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

    2

    —

    —

    296

    —

    180

    991

    —

    —

    12.8

    —

    —

    13.9

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    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 7.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout; 0.8 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055903
    Bt1—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.8 very fine vesicular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055904. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 72084; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 72084
    Bt2—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 0.8 very fine vesicular pores; 80 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055905. continuous - phpvsfiid 72085; continuous - phpvsfiid 72085
    2Btx1—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate thin platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderate; brittle; 3.0 very fine to medium roots between peds; 0.8 very fine vesicular pores; 15 percent fine platy noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055906. 15% of matrix is brittle.
    2Bx2—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face extremely gravelly silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm*, strong; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 15 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 75 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU055907. 100% of matrix is brittle.
    2Bx3—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face extremely gravelly silt loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct irregular mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm*, strong; brittle; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 70 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU055908. 100% of matrix is brittle.
    3Bt3—127 to 155 centimeters (50.0 to 61.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face very cobbly clay loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.2 very fine vesicular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU055909. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 72086; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 72086
    3Bt4—155 to 203 centimeters (61.0 to 79.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face very gravelly clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.2 very fine vesicular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU055910. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 72087; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 72087