IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Swiss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2000MO055011M
  • User Pedon ID: 2000MO055011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2000MO055011
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0005511
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.1944417
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3866194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T40N
  • Range: R4W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet W and 475 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 150' W. and 475' N. of the SE corner Sec.17 T.40N., R.4W.
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO055—Crawford
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis M. Meinert John Fraga Wyn Kelley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal over clayey, siliceous Typic Paleudalfs
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Swiss
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal over clayey, siliceous Typic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 23 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/24/2000
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from cherty limestone and/or residuum weathered from limestone, sandstone, and shale
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 15.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/24/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: C-1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUAL

    QUST

    Quercus alba

    Quercus stellata

    white oak

    post oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    0—5

    23—157

    69—0

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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

    10

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    280

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    190

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very gravelly silt loam; strong very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU021382
    E—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 7.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU021383
    Bt1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films throughout; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU021384. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 139316; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 139316
    Bt2—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine to coarse roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct clay films throughout; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU021385. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 139317; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 139317
    Bt3—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) very gravelly clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine to coarse roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct clay films throughout; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU021386. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 139318; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 139318
    2Bt4—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); 60 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) and 30 percent red (10R 4/8) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine to coarse roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU021387. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 139319; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 139319
    2Bt5—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); 80 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 20 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) very cobbly sandy clay; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU021388. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 139320; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 139320
    2Bt6—119 to 157 centimeters (46.9 to 61.8 inches); 40 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 40 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) and 20 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm*; 60 percent distinct clay films throughout; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # MU021389. continuous - phpvsfiid 139321; continuous - phpvsfiid 139321