IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Killarney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1998MO203013M
  • User Pedon ID: 1998MO203013M
  • User Site Association ID: 8666
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Transect Interval - 200.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9861313
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31626
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 37.1257722
  • Std. Longitude: -91.1830583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO203—Shannon
  • MLRA: 116C—St. Francois Knobs and Basins
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO203—Shannon County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37091-B2—Powder Mill Ferry, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BM,RLT,MS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Killarney
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/8/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Killarney
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 22.4 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 15.1 Percent rock fragments in the control section (vol) and 38 Cation exchange capacity to clay ratio


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from acid igneous rock
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, lower third
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: rhyolite
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/12/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 15
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    97 - 183

    - 86 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—38

    38—183

    97—183

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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

    20

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    213

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    80

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 fine to coarse roots; 7.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-?-250 millimeter rhyolite fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter rhyolite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU061521
    E—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 7.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/3) silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter rhyolite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU061522
    Bt1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 7.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/3) silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on rock fragments; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter rhyolite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU061523
    Bt2—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 35 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter rhyolite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU061524
    Bt3—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) extremely gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots; 7.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on rock fragments; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter rhyolite fragments and 65 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter rhyolite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU061525
    2Btx1—97 to 142 centimeters (38.2 to 55.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; brittle; 0.1 fine roots; 0.9 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent medium black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds and 35 percent fine brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) iron-manganese masses between peds and 35 percent fine light gray (10YR 7/1) iron depletions between peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter rhyolite fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter rhyolite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU061526
    2Btx2—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) extremely cobbly loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; brittle; 0.9 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent medium black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds and 15 percent fine brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) iron-manganese masses between peds and 15 percent fine light gray (10YR 7/1) iron depletions between peds; 30 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated rhyolite fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated rhyolite fragments. Lab sample # MU061527