IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Viraton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO125002M
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO125002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9712502
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 38.1911667
  • Std. Longitude: -91.9604972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Delbert Cooper property
  • Map Unit: 73035—Gravois silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO125—Maries
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO125—Maries County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KOD, WAK, BBB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Viraton
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/8/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Viraton
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/18/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or slope alluvium and/or residuum
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Jeff City/roubidoux formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/18/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8D
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

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    81 - 117

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—15

    15—203

    81—117

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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

    10

    —

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    245

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    300

    991

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    12.8

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    13.9

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 8.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058091
    Bt1—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 4.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058092. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148674; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148674
    Bt2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 4.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 5 percent prominent black (7.5YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058093. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148675; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148676; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148675; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148676
    Bt3—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face very gravelly silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; on rock fragments and 3 percent prominent black (7.5YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent irregular light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058094. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148677; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148679; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148677; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148679
    2Btx—81 to 117 centimeters (31.9 to 46.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face extremely gravelly loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm*; brittle; 0.8 very fine roots between peds; 6.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 2 percent prominent black (7.5YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on rock fragments and 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron between peds; 15 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 45 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058095. 10YR6/2 silty seams ~1 cm thick along prism faces; 75% brittleness expressed in matrix.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145679; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148680; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145679; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148680
    3Bt4—117 to 203 centimeters (46.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face extremely gravelly loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; on rock fragments and 1 percent prominent black (7.5YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 20 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent medium threadlike noncoherent cemented light brown (7.5YR 6/3) masses of oxidized iron between peds; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 45 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU058096. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145680; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145682; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145680; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145682