IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Baxter
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1997MO203018M
  • User Pedon ID: 1997MO203018M
  • User Site Association ID: 8625
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - shannon-75D2
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Transect Interval - 200.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9761318
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26422
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 37.3657861
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3577500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T31N
  • Range: R4W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 22 NESE T.31N R.4W
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO203—Shannon
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO203—Shannon County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37091-C3—The Sinks, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LT,SB,BM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Baxter
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/10/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alred
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal over clayey, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 23 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/10/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3
  • Field Measured Properties: 30 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 38 Percent rock fragments in the control section (vol) and 80 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 19 Percent rock fragments in the control section (vol)


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum and/or slope alluvium
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: structural bench
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Bedrock: dolomite (dolostone)
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/10/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9
  • 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

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    0—23

    23—183

    38—

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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

    9

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    256

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    264

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 fine to coarse roots; 7.0 coarse interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009515
    E—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains on faces of peds; 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009516
    Bt1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium and coarse roots and 7.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 35 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 37 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009517
    2Bt2—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face very gravelly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on rock fragments and 35 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/8) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) silt coats on faces of peds; 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009518
    2Bt3—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) broken face clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.9 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.9 fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU009519
    2Bt4—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); 30 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face and 70 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) broken face gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.9 fine and medium roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 0.9 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/8) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct red (10R 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU009520
    2Bt5—102 to 150 centimeters (40.2 to 59.1 inches); 70 percent red (10R 4/6) broken face and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.1 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; 0.9 fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on rock fragments and 35 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay films on rock fragments; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009521
    2Bt6—150 to 183 centimeters (59.1 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.9 fine roots; 0.9 fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU009522