IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FLORIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2003MO121006
  • User Pedon ID: 2003MO121006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0312106
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25453
  • 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: 39.9852778
  • Std. Longitude: -92.6547222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T60N
  • Range: R16W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1,921feet East and 1,255 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 Typic Udifluvents
  • 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 - FLORIS
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Udifluvents
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/12/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • 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
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • 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
    • 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

    10.8

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    223.7

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    89

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 60 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002543; observed in pit, small
    A2—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 60 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002544; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 0.5 very coarse roots and 0.5 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 40 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002545; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002546; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002547; observed in pit, small
    Bg2—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002548; observed in pit, small
    Bg3—117 to 157 centimeters (46.1 to 61.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002549; observed in pit, small
    Bg4—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed loam; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002550; observed in pit, small