IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nixa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2000MO179058M
  • User Pedon ID: 2000MO179058M
  • Transect:
  • Transect Interval - 200.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0017958
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31432
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 37.3210778
  • Std. Longitude: -91.0341556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 17—Tilk very gravelly sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded75411—Tilk very gravelly sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO179—Reynolds
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO179—Reynolds County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37091-C1—Corridon SE, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RLT,MM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Glossic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nixa
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/28/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilderness
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/28/2000
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3
  • Field Measured Properties: 12 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 75 Percent rock fragments in the control section (vol)


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: pedisediment and/or residuum and/or slope alluvium derived from limestone and sandstone
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/28/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11
  • 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

    102 - 132

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    3—15

    30—163

    102—132

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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

    2

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    322

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    136

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # MU64675
    A—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 fine and medium roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 7.0 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU022278
    Bw—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 7.0 fine and medium roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 7.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains throughout and 35 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on rock fragments; 15 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU022279
    Bt1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on rock fragments; 15 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU022280
    Bt2—43 to 102 centimeters (16.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on rock fragments; 15 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU022281
    2Btx—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely gravelly sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium platy structure; extremely firm*; brittle; 0.9 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct red (2.5YR 5/6) clay films on rock fragments; 10 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout and 35 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2) clay depletions throughout; 20 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU022282
    3Bt3—132 to 163 centimeters (52.0 to 64.2 inches); 75 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.9 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 10 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # MU022283