IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Motark
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2003MO08701m
  • User Pedon ID: 2003MO08701m
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0308701
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31129
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025

    • 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: 40.1393547
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3211823
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T62N
  • Range: R39W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet south and 1800 feet west of the northeast corner of
  • Location Description: Holt County, Missouri; about 4.5 miles west of Mound City
  • Map Unit: 52—Motark silt loam, rarely flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO087—Holt
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO087—Holt County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gary Lindgren
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Oxyaquic Udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Motark
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/13/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Motark
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/18/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    0—9

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    6/18/2003

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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

    1

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    266

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 7.0 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024468; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 245723; continuous - phpvsfiid 245723
    C1—23 to 61 centimeters (9.1 to 24.0 inches); 80 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 20 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; 14 percent clay; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 7.0 fine vesicular pores; 25 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024469; moist when described;
    C2—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); 60 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt; 10 percent clay; very friable; 7.0 fine vesicular pores; 25 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024470; moist when described;
    C3—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); 45 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 45 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 5 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 5 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt; 10 percent clay; massive; very friable; 7.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024471; moist when described;
    Cg—122 to 196 centimeters (48.0 to 77.2 inches); 40 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 20 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt; 10 percent clay; very friable; 7.0 fine vesicular pores; 1 percent medium and coarse dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024472; moist when described;
    Cg2—196 to 216 centimeters (77.2 to 85.0 inches); 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 30 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; 14 percent clay; massive; friable; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 10 percent fine and medium brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024473; moist when described;
    Cg3—216 to 284 centimeters (85.0 to 111.8 inches); 90 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 22 percent clay; massive; firm; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 10 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments. Lab sample # MU64724; moist when described;