IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arkana
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO051112
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO051112
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9705106
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33560
  • 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: 38.4216740
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3873479
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Range: R13W
  • Section: 5
  • Location Description: T42N R13W sec.5 Schulte
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO051—Cole
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KOD, GDC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Arkana
  • PSC - 36 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/22/2014
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arkana
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, mixed, active, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 36 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/10/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/10/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6-36
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    lithic contact

    0—20

    20—76

    76—0

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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

    4

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    268

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    110

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU056964
    E1—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 9.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 50 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU056965
    E2—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 very fine roots throughout; 60 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 65 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU056966. continuous - phpvsfiid 147967; continuous - phpvsfiid 147967
    2Bt1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very gravelly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots between peds; 1 percent prominent very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 60 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent fine irregular dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 55 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU056967. continuous - phpvsfiid 147968; patchy - phpvsfiid 147969; continuous - phpvsfiid 147968; patchy - phpvsfiid 147969
    3Bt2—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay; weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots between peds; 1 percent prominent black (7.5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct pressure faces on faces of peds and 50 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine irregular dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU056968. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 147971; continuous - phpvsfiid 147970; patchy - phpvsfiid 147972; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 147971; continuous - phpvsfiid 147970; patchy - phpvsfiid 147972
    3Bt3—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine prominent irregular mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 3 percent prominent black (7.5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 70 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU056969. continuous - phpvsfiid 147973; patchy - phpvsfiid 147974; continuous - phpvsfiid 147973; patchy - phpvsfiid 147974
    R—76 centimeters (29.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.