IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nixa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1998MO203094M
  • User Pedon ID: 1998MO203094M
  • User Site Association ID: 8604
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - shannon-68F4
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Transect Interval - 200.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9861394
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31574
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.2390056
  • Std. Longitude: -91.1889639
  • 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-A3—Winona, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MS, BM, LT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, active, mesic Glossic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • 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 - Nixa
  • PSC - 25 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/28/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Scholten
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/12/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3
  • Field Measured Properties: 27 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 35 Percent rock fragments in the control section (vol)


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: pedisediment and/or residuum and/or slope alluvium derived from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/12/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 15
  • 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

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    71 - 122

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—30

    71—183

    71—122

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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

    23

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    340

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 fine to coarse roots; 7.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU061876
    E1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 7.0 fine to coarse roots; 7.0 fine vesicular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU061877
    E2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 7.0 fine vesicular pores; 15 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 35 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU64622
    Bt—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) very gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 7.0 fine vesicular pores; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU061878
    2Btx1—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) extremely gravelly loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; brittle; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 7.0 fine vesicular pores; 15 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on rock fragments and 35 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on rock fragments and 75 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on rock fragments; 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU061879. 65% Brittle
    2Btx2—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) extremely gravelly loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brittle; 7.0 fine vesicular pores; 35 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on rock fragments; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU061880. 60% Brittle
    3Bt3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); 50 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) and 50 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) extremely gravelly loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine vesicular pores; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent distinct pink (7.5YR 8/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU061881
    4Bt4—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) very gravelly clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 7.0 fine vesicular pores; 15 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent distinct yellow (10YR 8/6), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU061882