IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FLORIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2003MO121005
  • User Pedon ID: 2003MO121005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0312105
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25452
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 39.9827778
  • Std. Longitude: -92.6558333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T60N
  • Range: R16W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1,636 feet East and 2,174 feet South from the North West corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO121—Macon
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO121—Macon County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39092-H6—Elmer, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LeAnn Bullard, Greg Caldwell, David Dowdy, Wesley Simmons
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Aquic Udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - FLORIS
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Aquic Udifluvents
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/12/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • 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: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/12/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39092h6ne
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    0—41

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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

    11.9

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    232.9

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    124

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    A—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); 20 percent brown (10YR 5/3) crushed and 80 percent brown (10YR 4/3) crushed silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 70 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002535; observed in pit, small
    AC—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed and 80 percent brown (10YR 4/3) crushed silt loam; massive, and weak very fine subangular blocky; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C1—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed and 80 percent brown (10YR 4/3) crushed stratified loamy fine sand; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 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 gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002537; observed in pit, small
    C2—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed and 90 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed stratified loamy fine sand; massive; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 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 black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002538; observed in pit, small
    C3—97 to 155 centimeters (38.2 to 61.0 inches); 50 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed and 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3) crushed stratified loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (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 # MU002539; observed in pit, small
    C4—155 to 173 centimeters (61.0 to 68.1 inches); 50 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed and 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3) crushed loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002541; observed in pit, small
    2C—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); 80 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed and 20 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed stratified loamy fine sand; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 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 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002542; observed in pit, small