IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alred
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2001MO179020M
  • User Pedon ID: 2001MO179020M
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0117920
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26369
  • 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: 37.1425194
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8528750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T29N
  • Range: R2E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet W and 640 feet S of the NE corner
  • Map Unit: 75F—Alred-Rueter complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony73055—Alred-Rueter complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO179—Reynolds
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPM—Springfield, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO179—Reynolds County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37090-B7—Clearwater Dam, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M.S.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal over clayey, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alred
  • PSC - 33 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alred
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal over clayey, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 33 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/2001
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from dolomite and/or slope alluvium
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Geology: Eminence formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/5/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • 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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    0—33

    33—152

    53—

    0—25—51

    102—127—178

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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

    45

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    188

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    90

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face gravelly silt loam; 13 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout and 7.0 coarse roots throughout; 7.0 medium high-continuity interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009077; observed in cut
    BE—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face very gravelly silt loam; 14 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 7.0 fine high-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds and 35 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 50 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009078; observed in cut. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 208823; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 208824; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 208823; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 208824
    Bt1—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face very gravelly silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity vesicular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 35 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 35 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 50 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009079; observed in cut. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 208826; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 208827; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 208826; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 208827
    Bt2—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face very gravelly silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 7.0 fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 35 percent distinct red (2.5YR 5/6) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 45 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009080; observed in cut. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 208828; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 208828
    2Bt3—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) broken face gravelly clay; 64 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 7.0 fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 35 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-140-240 millimeter chert fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009081; observed in cut. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 208829; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 208829
    2Bt4—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) broken face gravelly clay; 68 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 7.0 fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 35 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter. Lab sample # MU009082; observed in cut. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 208830; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 208830