IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Portia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1998MO203046M
  • User Pedon ID: 1998MO203046M
  • User Site Association ID: 8634
  • Transect:
  • Transect Interval - 200.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9861346
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26986
  • 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: 37.1177889
  • Std. Longitude: -91.1872444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO203—Shannon
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO203—Shannon County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37091-B2—Powder Mill Ferry, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MS,SE,BM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Portia
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/19/2021
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Courtois
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 40 percent of Percent clay in the control section


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum slope alluvium derived from acid igneous rock
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/2/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 21
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    bedrock, lithic

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    163 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—15

    15—163

    163—

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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

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    223

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    28

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak fine granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine to coarse roots; 7.0 coarse interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013381
    Bt1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine to coarse roots; 7.0 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013382
    2Bt2—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 7.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013383. A0=Gunter sandstone mixed throughout profile.
    2Bt3—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 0.9 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013384
    2Bt4—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) very gravelly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine and medium roots; 0.9 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 60 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU013385
    2Bt5—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); 60 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and 40 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) extremely gravelly clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots; 0.9 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU013386
    2Bt6—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); 80 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots; 0.9 fine interstitial and 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 20 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013387
    2Bt7—147 to 163 centimeters (57.9 to 64.2 inches); 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 40 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots; 0.9 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 2 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU013388
    2R—163 centimeters (64.2 inches); bedrock; fragments.