IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Viraton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1996MO153130M
  • User Pedon ID: 1996MO153130
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9615317
  • Print Date: 1/28/2025

    • 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: 36.6119417
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2427778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T22N
  • Range: R12W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet E and 2500 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 200 feet east and 2500 feet south of the norhwest corner of Sec. 1, T. 22 N., R. 12 W.
  • Map Unit: 73015—Viraton silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO153—Ozark
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO153—Ozark County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36092-E2—Bakersfield, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BF, GC, KS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudalfs
  • 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 - Viraton
  • PSC - 18 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tonti
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 18 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 21.4 percent of Percent clay in the control section


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or pedisediment and/or residuum
  • Landform: ridge
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/30/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10-4
  • 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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    fragipan

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    56 -

    - 91 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—18

    18—203

    56—147

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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

    1

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    259

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine to coarse interstitial pores; 30 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU056211
    Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine to coarse interstitial pores; 20 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU056212
    Bt2—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); 80 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine to coarse interstitial pores; 20 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt coats throughout and 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU056213
    Bt3—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); 80 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 20 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) silt loam; 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and coarse prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine to coarse interstitial pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU056214
    2Btx1—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); 90 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 3.0 very fine to coarse discontinuous tubular pores; 20 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 40 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU056215
    2Btx2—89 to 147 centimeters (35.0 to 57.9 inches); 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 3.0 very fine to coarse discontinuous tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU056216
    3Btd—147 to 203 centimeters (57.9 to 79.9 inches); 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 20 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 20 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) very gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 3.0 very fine to coarse discontinuous tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU056217