IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO051126
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO051126
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 2
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 120.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9705120
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33552
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 38.6118853
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2145956
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO051—Cole
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KOD
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leta
  • Classificaton Date - 11/26/1997
  • 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: 11/26/1997 (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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—18

    18—79

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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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057019
    Bg1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 1 percent fine irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057020
    Bg2—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent prominent pressure faces on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057021. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148010; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148010
    Bg3—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine vesicular pores; 20 percent distinct pressure faces on faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057022. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148015; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148015
    2C1—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 40 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) stratified stratified silt loam; massive; friable; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 1 percent fine platy dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057023
    2C2—104 to 142 centimeters (40.9 to 55.9 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) stratified stratified loam; massive; very friable; 1.0 fine vesicular pores; 2 percent fine irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057024
    2C3—142 to 142 centimeters (55.9 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) stratified stratified loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; 1.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU057025
    2C32—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # MU057026