IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parsons
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO039149M
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO039149
  • User Site Association ID: SDJR - MLRA 112 - Parsons silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9703921
  • 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: 37.7244639
  • Std. Longitude: -93.9201750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T34N
  • Range: R27W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 5660 feet N and 1050 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 5660 feet north and 1050 feet east of the southwest corner of sec. 6, T. 34 N., R. 27 W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO039—Cedar
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO039—Cedar County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard McBee
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Mollic Albaqualfs
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Parsons
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Mollic Albaqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/29/1997 (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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—41

    41—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

    1

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    284

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    195

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 8.0 fine roots; 8.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018225
    E—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 8.0 fine roots; 8.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 4 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018226
    Btg1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine roots; 4.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 4 percent faint organic stains on faces of peds and 8 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 50 percent prominent silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese masses and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018227
    Btg2—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine roots; 4.0 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 4 percent distinct silt coats on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent organic stains on faces of peds and 50 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018228
    Btg3—79 to 119 centimeters (31.1 to 46.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 fine roots; 0.8 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 50 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions and 10 percent iron-manganese masses and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018229
    Btg4—119 to 157 centimeters (46.9 to 61.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.4 fine roots; 0.4 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 40 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; plinthite nodules and 10 percent iron-manganese masses and 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018230
    Btg5—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.2 fine roots; 0.2 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions and 10 percent iron-manganese masses and 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU018231