IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Higdon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2002MO017010M
  • User Pedon ID: 2002MO017010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0201710
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 37.2804680
  • Std. Longitude: -89.9312210
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 74679—Higdon silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO017—Bollinger
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO017—Bollinger County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Higdon
  • PSC - 81 to 131 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Higdon
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/22/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/22/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: F6
  • Surface Water Kind: flooded
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014223; observed in push tube
    AB—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 5 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014224
    Bg1—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; massive; very friable; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014225
    Bg2—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; massive; very friable; 5 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014226
    Bg3—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014227
    Bg4—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014228
    Bg5—152 to 193 centimeters (59.8 to 76.0 inches); 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 50 percent gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 30 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU014229
    C—193 to 213 centimeters (76.0 to 83.9 inches); 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 50 percent gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; massive; friable; 5 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 30 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments, pH meter. Lab sample # MU014230