IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gunlock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO131004M
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO131004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9713105
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.2265722
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5267733
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Landowner Dale Miller
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO131—Miller
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DEV
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy Oxyaquic Paleudalfs
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gunlock
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy Oxyaquic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/7/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/7/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8A
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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—15

    15—66

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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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    250

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 8.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058271
    Bt1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058272. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 126646; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 126646
    Bt2—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058273. patchy - phpvsfiid 126668; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 126665; patchy - phpvsfiid 126668; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 126665
    2Btx—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; extremely firm; 0.2 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on horizontal faces of peds and 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron stains on faces of peds and 20 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subangular 20-48-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU058274. Vertical gray seams approximately 2" spacing. Roots concentrated in them. 20 percent brittleness in matrix of primary structure.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 126582; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 126583; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 126674; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 126582; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 126583; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 126674
    3Bt3—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.2 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 65 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU058275. Texture is heavy sicl or sic.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 126738; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 126738
    3Bt4—97 to 142 centimeters (38.2 to 55.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.2 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 40 percent distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU058276. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 126739; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 126739
    3Bt5—142 to 203 centimeters (55.9 to 79.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 40 percent distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments. Lab sample # MU058277. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 126740; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 126740