IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Reelfoot
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2003MO201003
  • User Pedon ID: 2003MO201003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0320103
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31081
  • Print Date: 1/26/2025

    • 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: 37.0477104
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4088135
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Thebes SW Quad
  • Map Unit: 86045—Reelfoot silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO201—Scott
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO201—Scott County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37089-A4—Thebes SW, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Reelfoot
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argiaquolls
  • PSC - 56 to 106 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty alluvium
  • Landscape: lowland
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/12/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—33

    56—183

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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

    0.5

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    99

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    Ap—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); 50 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 50 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 8.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025376
    BA—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 8.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025377
    Bt1—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; 8.0 very fine vesicular pores; 3 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025378
    Bt2—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025379
    Bt3—104 to 135 centimeters (40.9 to 53.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; 20 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films; 2 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025380
    Bt4—135 to 157 centimeters (53.1 to 61.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; very fine vesicular pores; 15 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films; 20 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025381
    Bt5—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine vesicular pores; 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films; 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine faint gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025382
    BC—183 to 239 centimeters (72.0 to 94.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine vesicular pores; 5 percent distinct pressure faces; 2 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter. Lab sample # MU025383