IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Captina
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2003MO035013M
  • User Pedon ID: 2003MO035013M
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2003MO035013
  • User Site Association ID: Captina
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0361213
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25245
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • 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: 36.8937556
  • Std. Longitude: -90.7584722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T26N
  • Range: R3E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1899 feet W and 1719 feet S of the NE corner
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO035—Carter
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO612—Carter County, Missouri, Northern & Eastern Parts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leon Thompson, John Horton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Captina
  • PSC - 13 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/2013
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Captina
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 13 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed fine-silty loess and/or pedisediment and/or clayey residuum weathered from limestone and sandstone
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Roubidoux Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 36090h7se
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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 sheet
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUVE

    QUAL

    PIEC2

    Quercus velutina

    Quercus alba

    Pinus echinata

    black oak

    white oak

    shortleaf pine

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    56 - 102

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—13

    13—152

    56—102

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    —43—

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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

    4

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    232

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    108

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat angular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # MU000822; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU000823; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 2.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular and 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU000824; observed in pit, small
    2Btx1—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); 40 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and 60 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior gravelly silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and 2.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity vesicular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 40 percent prominent dark gray (7.5YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU000825; observed in pit, small
    2Btx2—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and 50 percent gray (10YR 5/1) interior gravelly silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and 7.0 fine moderate-continuity vesicular and 7.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 15 percent distinct dark gray (7.5YR 4/1), moist, clay films on rock fragments and 25 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU000826; observed in pit, small
    3Bt3—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and 50 percent gray (10YR 5/1) interior very gravelly silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity vesicular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 15 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent prominent dark gray (7.5YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 45 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments. Lab sample # MU000827; observed in pit, small