IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO051122
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO051122
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 1
  • Transect Stop Number - 6
  • Transect Interval - 50.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9705116
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27707
  • Print Date: 4/22/2025

    • 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: 38.6591600
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2802809
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Church farm, Yansky op.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO051—Cole
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KOD
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leta
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/20/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6-89
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    cambic horizon

    0—56

    36—56

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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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    167

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018268. Compacted by traffic?
    A—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine vesicular pores; 3 percent prominent pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018269. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149624; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149624
    Bw—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 3 percent prominent pressure faces on faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018270. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 147995; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 147995
    2C11—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) stratified stratified silt loam; massive; very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 2 percent fine irregular dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018271. Stains are between strata.
    2C12—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) stratified stratified silt loam; massive; very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 2 percent fine irregular dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018272. Stains are between strata.
    2C2—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); 80 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 20 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) stratified stratified very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine vesicular pores; 1 percent fine platy dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018273. Stains are between strata.
    2C3—112 to 124 centimeters (44.1 to 48.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) stratified stratified silt loam; massive; friable; 1.0 fine vesicular pores; 1 percent fine platy dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU018274
    2C4—124 to 203 centimeters (48.8 to 79.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) stratified stratified very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 1.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU018275, MU018276