IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Goss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO039123M
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO039123
  • User Site Association ID: 8479
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 97-2
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 25.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9703903
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 37.7301694
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7883694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T34N
  • Range: R26W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 5300 feet S and 2280 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 5,300 feet south and 2,280 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 4, T. 34 N., R. 26 W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO039—Cedar
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO039—Cedar County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Burney, Richard L. Henderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/4/1997
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Goss
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, mixed Typic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/4/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from mixed and/or slope alluvium derived from cherty limestone and/or residuum weathered from limestone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: limestone, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/4/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: F-5
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—53

    53—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

    3

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    265

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    270

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; 15.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018207
    E—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 15.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; 15.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent silt coats on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) coats on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018208
    BE—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent faint silt coats; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018209
    2Bt1—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) extremely gravelly silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 6 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018210
    2Bt2—74 to 137 centimeters (29.1 to 53.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 0.3 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018211
    2Bt3—137 to 157 centimeters (53.9 to 61.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) very gravelly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU018212
    3Bt4—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU018213. continuous - phpvsfiid 159770; continuous - phpvsfiid 159770