IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eldon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO131019M
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO131019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9713101
  • 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: 38.3453024
  • Std. Longitude: -92.6103415
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T41N
  • Range: R15W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 125 feet S and 1200 feet E of the NW corner
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO131—Miller
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DV,TK,DW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Mollic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • 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 - Eldon
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Mollic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 56 to 106 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/6/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium over residuum
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/6/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1T
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    56—145

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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

    6

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    301

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    50

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots; 8.0 very fine pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013842
    A—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine pores; 35 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU013843
    E—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.8 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine pores; 60 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on faces of peds and in pores; 45 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU013844
    2Bt1—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) gravelly clay; 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.3 very fine pores; 5 percent distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU013845
    2Bt2—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 5 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine prominent mottles; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.3 very fine pores; 10 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent nonintersecting slickensides; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU013846
    2Bt3—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.3 very fine pores; 15 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 20 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU013847
    2C—145 to 203 centimeters (57.1 to 79.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; massive parts to moderate coarse platy; very firm; 0.3 very fine pores; 15 percent distinct gray (5Y 6/1) coats on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter shale-siltstone fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU013848