IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arkana
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1996MO203028M
  • User Pedon ID: 1996MO203028M
  • User Site Association ID: 8640
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - shannon-80D1
  • Transect Stop Number - 8
  • Transect Interval - 200.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9661328
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31691
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 37.2886750
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3891000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO203—Shannon
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO203—Shannon County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37091-C4—Round Spring, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MS,BM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • 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 - Arkana
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arkana
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, mixed, active, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/11/1996
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3
  • Field Measured Properties: 64 percent of Percent clay in the control section


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from dolomite and/or slope alluvium
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/11/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    bedrock, lithic

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    102 -

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—36

    36—102

    102—

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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

    10

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    293

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    270

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; 7.0 medium interstitial and tubular and 7.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU056825
    E—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 7.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 coarse tubular pores; 35 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU056826
    2Bt1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3) silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU056827
    2Bt2—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; 35 percent yellow (10YR 8/6) fine prominent mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 medium roots and 0.1 fine roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 0.1 fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU056828
    2Bt3—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; 35 percent yellow (10YR 8/6) fine prominent mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 medium roots and 0.1 fine roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 0.1 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU056829. pH by Hellige Truog kit.
    2R—102 centimeters (40.2 inches); bedrock; fragments.