IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VESSER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2003MO027002
  • User Pedon ID: 2003MO027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0302702
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25640
  • 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: 38.9711111
  • Std. Longitude: -91.7333333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T49N
  • Range: R7W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 398 feet West and 259 feet North from the South East corner
  • Location Description: Whetstone CA
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO027—Callaway
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO027—Callaway County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38091-H6—Williamsburg, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LeAnn Bullard, Greg Caldwell, Wesley Simmons
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Argiaquic Argialbolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - VESSER
  • PSC - 86 to 137 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LANDES
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: flood-plain step
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: flat
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/6/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38091h6nw
  • Surface Water Kind: flooded
  • Surface Water Depth: 15
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—48

    48—86

    86—203

    —48—

    —38—

    —117—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    214

    —

    135

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 very coarse roots and 10.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 60 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU003823; observed in push tube
    A2—15 to 48 centimeters (5.9 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 60 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU003824; observed in push tube
    E1—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed and 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed silt loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains and 40 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU003825; observed in push tube
    Eg2—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) rubbed and 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) rubbed silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 60 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU003826; observed in push tube
    Btg1—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) rubbed and 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) rubbed silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films and 40 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU003827; observed in push tube
    Btg2—114 to 147 centimeters (44.9 to 57.9 inches); 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) rubbed and 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) rubbed silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU003828; observed in push tube
    Bt1—147 to 188 centimeters (57.9 to 74.0 inches); 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) rubbed and 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 40 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU003829; observed in push tube
    Bt2—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed and 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) rubbed loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # MU003830; observed in push tube