IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PEERS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2003MO183008
  • User Pedon ID: 2003MO183008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0318308
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26209
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.8263056
  • Std. Longitude: -90.1220556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T47N
  • Range: R8E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 846 feet West and 3,111 feet North from the South East corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO183—St. Charles
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO183—St. Charles County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38090-G1—Wood River, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis Meinert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PEERS
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - WALDRON
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Holocene Stage clayey alluvium derived from mixed over Holocene Stage sandy and silty alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood-plain step
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: rare ponding for very brief periods
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/21/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38090g1nw
  • Surface Water Kind: flooded
  • Surface Water Depth: 15
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion gully
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—33

    8—33

    51—229

    —33—

    —25—

    —178—
    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

    0.5

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    —

    125

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    225

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face silty clay; moderate medium granular structure; firm; 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU007929; observed in push tube
    Bg—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU007930; observed in push tube
    C—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face silt loam; massive; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 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; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU007931; observed in push tube
    Cg1—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face stratified silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 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; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU007932; observed in push tube
    Cg2—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); 34 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face and 33 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face and 33 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face stratified silt loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 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 yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU007933; observed in push tube
    Cg3—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silt loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU007934; observed in push tube
    C—142 to 168 centimeters (55.9 to 66.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 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 # MU007935; observed in push tube
    Cg—168 to 203 centimeters (66.1 to 79.9 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face and 40 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face silt loam; massive; friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU007936; observed in push tube
    C—203 to 229 centimeters (79.9 to 90.2 inches); 60 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face and 40 percent light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) broken face fine sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # MU007937; observed in push tube