IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Killarney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1998MO203014M
  • User Pedon ID: 1998MO203014M
  • User Site Association ID: 8666
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 3
  • Transect Interval - 200.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9861314
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28110
  • 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: 37.1280528
  • Std. Longitude: -91.1865611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO203—Shannon
  • MLRA: 116C—St. Francois Knobs and Basins
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO203—Shannon County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37091-B2—Powder Mill Ferry, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LT,SE,BM,MS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Killarney
  • PSC - 38 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth 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 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/18/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 12.2 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 32.6 Percent rock fragments in the control section (vol) and 45 Cation exchange capacity to clay ratio


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from acid igneous rock over residuum weathered 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: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/18/1998 (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

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    56 - 124

    - 68 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—38

    38—183

    56—124

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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

    25

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    210

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    10

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 fine to coarse roots; 7.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2 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 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU020976
    E—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 7.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on rock fragments; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter rhyolite fragments and 45 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter rhyolite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU020977
    Bt1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 7.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 25 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter rhyolite fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter rhyolite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU020978
    2Btx1—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely gravelly loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; brittle; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 7.0 fine to coarse interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 5 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter rhyolite fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter rhyolite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU020979. Fragipan with 60% brittleness
    2Btx2—86 to 124 centimeters (33.9 to 48.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brittle; 0.1 fine roots; 7.0 fine to coarse interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent distinct red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter rhyolite fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter rhyolite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU020980. Fragipan with 60% brittleness.
    3Bt2—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 7.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 5 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 40 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter rhyolite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU020981. Profile has purple mottles from weathered rhyolite.
    3Bt3—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 25 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter rhyolite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter rhyolite fragments. Lab sample # MU020982