IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cairo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2004MO201002
  • User Pedon ID: 2004MO201002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0420101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30994
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.0810432
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4760056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 86055—Sharkey silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO031—Cape Girardeau
  • 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: KG, JDC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey over sandy or sandy-skeletal, smectitic, thermic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cairo
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey over sandy or sandy-skeletal, smectitic, thermic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/2004
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey over sandy alluvium
  • Landscape: lowland
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/20/2004 (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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    strongly contrasting textural stratification

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    87 - 87

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—87

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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

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    98.5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026205
    A1—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU026206
    A2—46 to 70 centimeters (18.1 to 27.6 inches); 60 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and 40 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay loam; moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU026207
    A3—70 to 87 centimeters (27.6 to 34.3 inches); 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU026208
    2C1—87 to 130 centimeters (34.3 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026209
    2C2—130 to 180 centimeters (51.2 to 70.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026210
    2C3—180 to 210 centimeters (70.9 to 82.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; structureless single grain; loose; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # MU026211