IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crackerneck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO119144M
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO119144
  • User Site Association ID: 8462
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 97-04
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 95.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9711916
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 36.5497778
  • Std. Longitude: -94.6145000
  • 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: Kenneth L. Gregg, Matthew D. Ojile and Jeffrey A. Woodward.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Oxyaquic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crackerneck
  • PSC - 97 to 147 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crackerneck
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Oxyaquic Paleudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from cherty limestone and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/21/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10C
  • 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

    lithic contact

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    0—97

    97—127

    127—147

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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

    11

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    235

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    Oa—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); 70 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 30.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 50.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057967. 12% Fibric material.
    A—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) extremely cobbly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 20.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 8.0 very coarse roots throughout and 12.0 coarse roots throughout; 25.0 fine and medium interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057968. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159238; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159238
    E—23 to 56 centimeters (9.1 to 22.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) extremely cobbly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 20.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 8.0 very coarse roots throughout and 12.0 coarse roots throughout; 25.0 fine and medium interstitial and tubular pores; 3 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) organic stains on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 35 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057969. patchy - phpvsfiid 154168; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159239; patchy - phpvsfiid 154168; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159239
    Bw—56 to 97 centimeters (22.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) extremely cobbly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 20.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 4.0 very coarse roots throughout and 8.0 coarse roots throughout; 25.0 fine and medium interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057970. continuous - phpvsfiid 154924; continuous - phpvsfiid 154924
    Bt1—97 to 140 centimeters (38.2 to 55.1 inches); 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) extremely cobbly silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 10.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores and 15 percent prominent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores; 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU057971. patchy - phpvsfiid 154925; continuous - phpvsfiid 159188; continuous - phpvsfiid 159189; patchy - phpvsfiid 154925; continuous - phpvsfiid 159188; continuous - phpvsfiid 159189
    2Bt2—140 to 178 centimeters (55.1 to 70.1 inches); 70 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and 30 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) very cobbly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 7 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/4) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores and 40 percent distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057972. 50% of gravel is tripolitic. Majority of rocks are in a band in the lower part of the horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 155293; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159644; patchy - phpvsfiid 155293; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 159644
    3Bt3—178 to 221 centimeters (70.1 to 87.0 inches); 60 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and 40 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) very cobbly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU057973. All chert is tripolitic; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 156338; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 156338
    R—221 centimeters (87.0 inches); bedrock; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Chert Bedrock