IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cotter
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO039142M
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO039142
  • User Site Association ID: Cotter Project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9703906
  • 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: 37.7370306
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7869306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T34N
  • Range: R26W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 2780 feet S and 1490 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 2,780 feet south and 149,0 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 4, T. 34 N., R. 26 W.
  • Map Unit: 71254—Cotter silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO039—Cedar
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO039—Cedar County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37093-F7—Stockton, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard McBee, Mike Burney and Richard L. Henderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cotter
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—152

    25—470

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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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    236

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; 6.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU064346
    Ap2—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; 6.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU064347
    Bt1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; 6.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 6 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU064348
    Bt2—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 fine roots; 4.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 6 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU064350
    2Btb3—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 12 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU064352
    2Btb4—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 20 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 26 percent prominent silt coats on faces of peds and in pores and 55 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU064355. continuous - phpvsfiid 155656; continuous - phpvsfiid 155656
    2Btb5—183 to 241 centimeters (72.0 to 94.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 20 percent prominent silt coats on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores and 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU064356. continuous - phpvsfiid 155659; continuous - phpvsfiid 155659
    2Btb6—241 to 305 centimeters (94.9 to 120.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent prominent silt coats on faces of peds and in pores and 60 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14. continuous - phpvsfiid 159811; continuous - phpvsfiid 159811
    3Btb7—305 to 373 centimeters (120.1 to 146.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 2 percent prominent silt coats on faces of peds and in pores and 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16. continuous - phpvsfiid 159813; continuous - phpvsfiid 159813
    3Btb8—373 to 404 centimeters (146.9 to 159.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 60 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18
    3Btb9—404 to 470 centimeters (159.1 to 185.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 40 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 20