IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Opolis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1998MO097029
  • User Pedon ID: 1998MO097029
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 98-23
  • Transect Stop Number - 10
  • Transect Interval - 100.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9809729
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27828
  • 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: 37.2477278
  • Std. Longitude: -94.6057333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T29N
  • Range: R34W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet E and 1700 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: NW 1/4 SW 1/4 Sec 11 T29N R34W; 800 feet east and 1700 feet north of the southwest corner of section 11
  • Map Unit: 40022—Opolis silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO097—Jasper
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO097—Jasper County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ACP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, thermic Albaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Opolis
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Opolis
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or alluvium
  • Landscape: plains
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/20/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 16W
  • 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—36

    36—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

    0

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    271

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 9.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 11.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU019058
    E—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 15.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout and 5 percent fine irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU019059. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157950; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157950
    2Bt1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 20 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 20 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 50 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU019060. continuous - phpvsfiid 157951; continuous - phpvsfiid 157952; continuous - phpvsfiid 157953; continuous - phpvsfiid 157954; continuous - phpvsfiid 157951; continuous - phpvsfiid 157952; continuous - phpvsfiid 157953; continuous - phpvsfiid 157954
    2Bt2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 45 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 50 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU019061. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157955; continuous - phpvsfiid 157956; continuous - phpvsfiid 157957; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 157955; continuous - phpvsfiid 157956; continuous - phpvsfiid 157957
    2Bt3—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 20 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU019062. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150935; continuous - phpvsfiid 150936; continuous - phpvsfiid 150937; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 150935; continuous - phpvsfiid 150936; continuous - phpvsfiid 150937
    3Btg4—79 to 127 centimeters (31.1 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and in pores and 40 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent fine irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU019063. continuous - phpvsfiid 150938; continuous - phpvsfiid 150939; patchy - phpvsfiid 150940; continuous - phpvsfiid 150938; continuous - phpvsfiid 150939; patchy - phpvsfiid 150940
    3Btg5/E—127 to 203 centimeters (50.0 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 11.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 20 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 5 percent fine irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds and 10 percent fine and medium irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent fine and medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU019064. continuous - phpvsfiid 150941; continuous - phpvsfiid 150942; continuous - phpvsfiid 150941; continuous - phpvsfiid 150942