IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Caruthersville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2002MO143006
  • User Pedon ID: 2002MO143006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2002MO143006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0214303
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31096
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 36.5089989
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4274139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hubbard Lake quad
  • Map Unit: Ce—Caruthersville very fine sandy loam, frequently flooded86012—Caruthersville very fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO143—New Madrid
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO143—New Madrid County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36089-E4—Hubbard Lake, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KG, RT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Caruthersville
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: lowland
  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CELTI

    CRATA

    ULMUS

    Celtis

    Crataegus

    Ulmus

    hackberry

    hawthorn

    elm

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

    mollic epipedon

    0—38

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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

    0.5

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    91.4

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine and 4.0 medium and coarse pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU023546
    A2—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium and coarse pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU023547
    C1—38 to 79 centimeters (15.0 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) stratified stratified loam; massive; friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine pores; 2 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent medium grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU023548
    C2—79 to 117 centimeters (31.1 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine pores; 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU023549
    C3—117 to 127 centimeters (46.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine pores; 5 percent medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU023550
    C4—127 to 173 centimeters (50.0 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) stratified stratified silt loam; massive; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine pores; 5 percent medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU023551
    C5—173 to 196 centimeters (68.1 to 77.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate thick platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine pores; 20 percent medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent medium light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU023552
    C6—196 to 234 centimeters (77.2 to 92.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine pores; 20 percent medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent medium light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter. Lab sample # MU023553