IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crackerneck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO119138M
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO119138
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 97-02
  • Transect Stop Number - 5
  • Transect Interval - 100.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9711910
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 36.6556444
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5703694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 70070—Crackerneck-Hailey complex, karst, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO119—McDonald
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO119—McDonald County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KLG,JAW,MDO
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Oxyaquic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crackerneck
  • PSC - 79 to 129 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crackerneck
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/17/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/17/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5C
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—43

    79—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

    9

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    283

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    350

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 40.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 35.0 very fine and fine void between rock fragments and 15.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 70 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013237. 25% organic matter.
    A2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 20.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 5.0 very coarse roots throughout and 8.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 25.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 40 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains on faces of peds; 80 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013238. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 155278; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 155278
    E—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) extremely gravelly silt; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 15.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 5.0 very coarse roots throughout and 8.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 20.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 7 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) organic stains on faces of peds; 65 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013239. patchy - phpvsfiid 154295; patchy - phpvsfiid 154295
    Bt1—43 to 79 centimeters (16.9 to 31.1 inches); 60 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 12.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 8.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 20.0 fine to coarse void between rock fragments and 5.0 fine to coarse interstitial pores; 2 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses around rock fragments; 25 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 65 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU013240
    Bt2—79 to 117 centimeters (31.1 to 46.1 inches); 75 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 25 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) extremely cobbly silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 20.0 fine to coarse void between rock fragments and 5.0 fine to coarse interstitial pores; 5 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses around rock fragments; 40 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 50 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU013241. patchy - phpvsfiid 154296; patchy - phpvsfiid 154296
    Bt3—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/4) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 20 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 5 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 60 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU013242. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154297; patchy - phpvsfiid 154298; patchy - phpvsfiid 154299; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154297; patchy - phpvsfiid 154298; patchy - phpvsfiid 154299
    2Bt4—132 to 203 centimeters (52.0 to 79.9 inches); 65 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/4) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores and 15 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay films on faces of peds and 45 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/8) clay films on faces of peds; 7 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU013243. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154624; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154625; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154710; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154624; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154625; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 154710