IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Openlake
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
2004MO201004
User Pedon ID:
2004MO201004
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
MCL
Lab Pedon # -
M0420103
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
30993
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:
37.0801468
Std. Longitude:
-89.4739075
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:
JDC, KG
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, smectitic, nonacid, thermic Vertic Epiaquepts
Pedon Type:
within range of map unit
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Openlake
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, smectitic, nonacid, thermic Vertic Epiaquepts
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
4/20/2004
Moisture SUBClass -
aquic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
clayey over sandy alluvium
Landscape:
lowland
Landform:
terrace
Drainage Class:
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 Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
cambic horizon
0—6
6—114
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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
1
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98.5
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Ap—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay; moderate coarse granular structure; firm; 5.0 fine roots; 10.0 interstitial pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026212
Bg1—6 to 26 centimeters (2.4 to 10.2 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 10.0 interstitial pores; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026213
Bg2—26 to 66 centimeters (10.2 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 interstitial pores; 15 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026214
Bg3—66 to 114 centimeters (26.0 to 44.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 4.0 fine roots; 10.0 interstitial pores; 2 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules and 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026215
Cg1—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 fine roots; 10.0 interstitial pores; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026216
Cg2—135 to 158 centimeters (53.1 to 62.2 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) sandy clay; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.1 medium roots; 10.0 interstitial pores; 8 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026217
Cg3—158 to 188 centimeters (62.2 to 74.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) stratified stratified sandy loam to clay loam to sandy clay; structureless massive; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 10.0 interstitial pores; 8 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026218
2Cg4—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) sand; structureless massive; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; 20 percent medium faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # MU026219