IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PORTAGE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2003MO115006
  • User Pedon ID: 2003MO115006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0311506
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30504
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 39.7125000
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3405556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T57N
  • Range: R22W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 1,325 feet East and 1,532 feet South from the North West corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO115—Linn
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO115—Linn County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39093-F3—Fountain Grove, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Greg Caldwell, LeAnn Bullard
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - PORTAGE
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/26/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/26/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39093f3nw
  • 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: landslip erosion highly deformed
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    aquic conditions

    0—0

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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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    203.6

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    188

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    C1—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face and 20 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face stratified silty clay loam; massive; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024659; observed in pit, small
    C2—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); 80 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face stratified silty clay loam; massive; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 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 # MU024661; observed in pit, small
    Ab—61 to 112 centimeters (24.0 to 44.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 5 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024662; observed in pit, small
    AEb—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 25 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 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 # MU024664; observed in pit, small
    Eb—127 to 147 centimeters (50.0 to 57.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 25 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024665; observed in pit, small
    Btgb1—147 to 175 centimeters (57.9 to 68.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 60 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024666; observed in pit, small
    Btgb2—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) broken face silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct pressure faces and 40 percent faint dark reddish gray (2.5YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # MU024667; observed in pit, small