IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Useful
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO125006M
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO125006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9712506
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 38.1768200
  • Std. Longitude: -91.8488084
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Guy Wittler property
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO125—Maries
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KOD, WAK, BBB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Fragic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Useful
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Fragic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/24/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or residuum
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/24/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9C
  • 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

    lithic contact

    0—15

    28—122

    122—0

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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

    5

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    —

    258

    —

    170

    991

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    —

    12.8

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    —

    13.9

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 8.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058115
    EB—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058116
    Bt1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 2.0 medium roots between peds; 5.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 50 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058117. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145700; continuous - phpvsfiid 145701; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145700; continuous - phpvsfiid 145701
    Bt2—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 1.0 medium roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 20 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058118. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145702; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145703; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145702; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145703
    Bt3—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 8.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 40 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout and 15 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058119. horizon saturated with water.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145704; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145704
    2Btx—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); 65 percent brown (7.5YR 5/3) broken face and 35 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 2.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 7.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 2 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds; 3 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU058120. 35% brittleness expressed.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145705; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145706; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145705; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145706
    3Bt4—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) broken face very gravelly clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 2 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 20 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 50 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 15 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU058121. 1 inch thick clay film along rock contact surface.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145707; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145708; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145709; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145707; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145708; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 145709
    3R—122 centimeters (48.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.