IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Melvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2004MO031002
  • User Pedon ID: 2004MO031002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0403102
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30997
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 37.3112564
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6895142
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 66054—Wakeland silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO031—Cape Girardeau
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO031—Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37089-C6—Gordonville, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kevin Godsey, Rod Taylor
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Epiaquepts
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Melvin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Epiaquepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/15/2004
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty alluvium
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/15/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—25

    25—205

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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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    114.3

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025846
    Bw—25 to 66 centimeters (9.8 to 26.0 inches); 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots and 5.0 fine roots; 10.0 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025847
    Bg1—66 to 83 centimeters (26.0 to 32.7 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025848
    Bg2—83 to 112 centimeters (32.7 to 44.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent medium prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025849
    Bg3—112 to 130 centimeters (44.1 to 51.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent medium prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025850
    Bg4—130 to 170 centimeters (51.2 to 66.9 inches); 80 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 20.0 medium tubular and 20.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1) clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025851
    BC—170 to 205 centimeters (66.9 to 80.7 inches); 50 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 50 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 10.0 very fine and 10.0 fine pores; 5 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # MU025852