IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sylvania
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO097017
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO097017
  • User Site Association ID: 8488
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 97-6
  • Transect Stop Number - 3
  • Transect Interval - 80.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9709717
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32370
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 37.1226528
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4594278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T28N
  • Range: R32W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet W and 3600 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: SE 1/4 NE 1/4 Sec 30 T28N R32W; 700 feet west and 3600 feet north of the southeast corner of section 30
  • Map Unit: 40027—Sylvania very gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO097—Jasper
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO097—Jasper County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JSE
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sylvania
  • PSC - 43 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sylvania
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium and/or residuum
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: shale and siltstone
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/11/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 34E
  • 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

    salic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—30

    43—201

    201—0

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    —-

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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

    6

    —

    —

    323

    —

    225

    991

    —

    —

    13.9

    25

    2.8

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    —

    —

    —

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dry; very gravelly silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 14.0 very fine and fine roots; 12.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial pores; 55 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057847
    A2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dry; extremely gravelly silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 12.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial pores; 80 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057848
    AB—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); 55 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) crushed and 45 percent brown (10YR 4/3) crushed extremely gravelly loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 8.0 very fine and fine roots; 8.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU057849
    Bt1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and 40 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 6.0 very fine and fine roots; 4.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial pores; 5 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed noncalcareous fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU057850. patchy - phpvsfiid 158539; patchy - phpvsfiid 158539
    Bt2—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); 80 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior and 20 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed noncalcareous fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU057851. continuous - phpvsfiid 158540; continuous - phpvsfiid 158540
    2Bt3—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); 90 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and 10 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 80 percent prominent gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU057852. continuous - phpvsfiid 158541; continuous - phpvsfiid 158541
    2Bt4—152 to 201 centimeters (59.8 to 79.1 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and 40 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3) interior silty clay loam; strong fine and medium platy structure; very firm; 0.1 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent prominent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent prominent gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU057853. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 158542; patchy - phpvsfiid 158543; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 158542; patchy - phpvsfiid 158543
    2Cr—201 to 246 centimeters (79.1 to 96.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) interior silty clay loam; strong fine and medium platy structure; very firm; 0.1 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 2 percent prominent olive (5Y 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 5 percent prominent gray (5Y 6/1), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine and medium irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 10 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU057854. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 158544; continuous - phpvsfiid 158545; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 158544; continuous - phpvsfiid 158545