IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PORTAGE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2003MO115008
  • User Pedon ID: 2003MO115008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0311508
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30502
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 39.7266667
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2491667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T57N
  • Range: R21W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 389 feet East and 2,290 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-F2—Sumner, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LeAnn Bullard, Greg Caldwell, Dan Childress
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-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 #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - PORTAGE
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/2/2003
  • 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: fine-silty 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: 4/2/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39093f2nw
  • 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
    • 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

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    204.2

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    C—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); 60 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed and 40 percent brown (10YR 5/3) crushed silt loam; massive; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU024677; observed in pit, small
    Ab—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) crushed silty clay loam; weak very fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024678; observed in pit, small
    Ab—46 to 84 centimeters (18.1 to 33.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 70 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024679; observed in pit, small
    Eb1—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), 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; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024680; observed in pit, small
    Eb2—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) crushed silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU024681; observed in pit, small
    Btgb1—140 to 185 centimeters (55.1 to 72.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats and 20 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 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 # MU024682; observed in pit, small
    Btgb2—185 to 203 centimeters (72.8 to 79.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) crushed silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats and 30 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 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 yellowish red (5YR 5/6), 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; fragments. Lab sample # MU024684; observed in pit, small