IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mhoon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2003MO031004
  • User Pedon ID: 2003MO031004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0303104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31050
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.2273102
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6388245
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Chaffee 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-B6—Chaffee, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BB, RT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, acid, thermic Fluvaquentic Epiaquepts
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mhoon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, acid, 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: clayey 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—22

    22—220

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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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    101.5

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    Ap—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; firm; 5.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine vesicular pores; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024193
    BA—12 to 22 centimeters (4.7 to 8.7 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine vesicular pores; 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024194
    Bg1—22 to 41 centimeters (8.7 to 16.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 7 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024195
    Bg2—41 to 82 centimeters (16.1 to 32.3 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 7 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024196
    Bg3—82 to 118 centimeters (32.3 to 46.5 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 15.0 very fine vesicular pores; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024197
    Bg4—118 to 166 centimeters (46.5 to 65.4 inches); 75 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) and 25 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silty clay; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine vesicular pores; 10 percent pressure faces; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese nodules and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # MU024198
    Bg5—166 to 199 centimeters (65.4 to 78.3 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 5.0 very fine vesicular pores; 35 percent pressure faces; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 7 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024199
    Bg6—199 to 220 centimeters (78.3 to 86.6 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 60 percent pressure faces; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 5 percent fine and medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter. Lab sample # MU024200