IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Yelton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1998MO203096M
  • User Pedon ID: 1998MO203096M
  • User Site Association ID: 8560
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Transect Interval - 200.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9861396
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31573
  • User Project ID: 2021-246SPR013
  • Project Name: MLRA 116A - Mark Twain National Forest Update
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 36.9349391
  • Std. Longitude: -91.4978260
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T26N
  • Range: R5W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: nW 1/4 of the NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Sect. 9 nwse, T. 26N. R. 5W.
  • Map Unit: 75466—Midco very gravelly loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO203—Shannon
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO203—Shannon County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36091-H4—Birch Tree, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RLT, JSE, MS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, 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 - Yelton
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/2023
  • Classifier - Campbell and Meinert
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Captina
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, active, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 51 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/16/1998
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • Field Measured Properties: 0.4 ratio of cec to clay ratio and 18.6 percent of pscs clay and 20.7 percent of pscs gravel and 16.9 percent of pscs sand


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from mixed over pedisediment over residuum
  • Landscape: plateau karst
  • Landform: sinkhole
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/16/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 25
  • 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

    91 - 117

    - 26 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—15

    15—216

    91—117

    —15—

    —201—

    —26—
    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

    3

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    303

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 fine to coarse roots; 7.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU061883
    Bt1—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU061884
    Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU061885
    Bt3—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine vesicular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU061886
    Bt4—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine and medium roots; 7.0 fine vesicular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 25 percent distinct red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter chert fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU061887
    2Btx—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brittle; 0.9 fine and medium roots; 7.0 fine vesicular pores; 35 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU061888. 60% Brittle
    3Bt1—117 to 163 centimeters (46.1 to 64.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) very gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots; 7.0 fine vesicular pores; 15 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct pink (5YR 7/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct olive (5Y 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) iron concretions between peds; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU061889
    3Bt2—163 to 216 centimeters (64.2 to 85.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) very gravelly clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots; 7.0 fine vesicular pores; 15 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent irregular black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions between peds; 55 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU061890