IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menfro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1998MO051145
  • User Pedon ID: 1998MO051145
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9805118
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33541
  • 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: 38.6424343
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2861935
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO051—Cole
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KOD, GDC
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Menfro
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4-89
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—203

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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

    4

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    207

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    285

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots; 40 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU059799. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149679; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149679
    Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU059800. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149680; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149680
    Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 50 percent prominent black (7.5YR 2/1) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU059801. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149681; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149681
    Bt3—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 5 percent prominent black (7.5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on vertical faces of peds and 60 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU059802. continuous - phpvsfiid 149682; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149683; continuous - phpvsfiid 149682; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149683
    Bt4—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 2 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 3 percent prominent black (7.5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on vertical faces of peds and 50 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU059803. continuous - phpvsfiid 149684; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149685; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149686; continuous - phpvsfiid 149684; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149685; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149686
    Bt5—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 1 percent prominent black (7.5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 40 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU059804. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149687; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149688; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149689; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149687; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149688; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149689
    Bt6—132 to 173 centimeters (52.0 to 68.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 1 percent prominent black (7.5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on vertical faces of peds and 40 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and 40 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU059805. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148121; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149690; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149691; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148121; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149690; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 149691
    Bt7—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 20 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU059806. continuous - phpvsfiid 148122; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148123; continuous - phpvsfiid 148122; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 148123