IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mhoon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2003MO031002
  • User Pedon ID: 2003MO031002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0303102
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 27260
  • 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: 37.1281815
  • Std. Longitude: -89.7830276
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Whitewater Quad
  • Map Unit: 86039—Mhoon silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO031—Cape Girardeau
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO031—Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37089-B7—Whitewater, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KG, RT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Fluvaquentic Epiaquepts
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mhoon
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Fluvaquentic Epiaquepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/8/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—20

    20—210

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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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    98.5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015273
    Bg1—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine vesicular pores; 5 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 10 percent fine and medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015274
    Bg2—46 to 70 centimeters (18.1 to 27.6 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine vesicular and 2.0 medium tubular pores; 2 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 7 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015275
    Bg3—70 to 112 centimeters (27.6 to 44.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) silt; weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine vesicular and 2.0 medium tubular pores; 5 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015276
    Bg4—112 to 144 centimeters (44.1 to 56.7 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 10.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse vesicular pores; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 10 percent medium and coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015277
    Bg5—144 to 167 centimeters (56.7 to 65.7 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium vesicular pores; 20 percent pressure faces; 25 percent medium and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015278
    Bg6—167 to 187 centimeters (65.7 to 73.6 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium vesicular pores; 20 percent pressure faces; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 15 percent medium and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU015279
    Bg7—187 to 210 centimeters (73.6 to 82.7 inches); dark bluish gray (5B 4/1) clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium vesicular pores; 20 percent pressure faces; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter. Lab sample # MU015280