IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Opolis

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 2005MO011013

User Pedon ID: 2005MO011013

Vegetation Plot ID: 2005MO011013

Transect:

User Transect ID - T05MO011003

Transect Stop Number - 1

Transect Interval - 45.7

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - MCL

Lab Pedon # - M0501113

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26745

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: 37.5161944

Std. Longitude: -94.5110528

Datum: WGS84

Township: T32N

Range: R33W

Section: 24

Map Unit: 40039—Barden silt loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes, eroded

Country: US—United States

State: Missouri

County: MO011—Barton

MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO011—Barton County, Missouri

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37094-E5—Liberal, Missouri

PEDON

Describers Name: Aaron Woods and Craig Chatfield

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Albaquic Hapludalfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Opolis

PSC - 79 to 129 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/16/2010

Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition

Moisture Subclass - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Cherokee

Classificaton Date - 9/13/2005

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: loess over residuum weathered from shale

Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope

Hill Slope Profile: shoulder

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Bedrock: moderately coherent shale and siltstone at 140cm

Geology: Pennsylvanian group .

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/13/2005 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
APFL DEIL FRAGA HEMO2 PYTE RHCO SCNU SCSC SOGI SONU2 SPPE VEBA	Apocynum xfloribundum [androsaemifolium x cannabinum] Desmanthus illinoensis Fragaria Helianthus mollis Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Rhus copallinum Schrankia nuttallii Schizachyrium scoparium Solidago gigantea Sorghastrum nutans Spartina pectinata Vernonia baldwinii	APOCYNUM FLORIBUNDUM Illinois bundleflower strawberry ashy sunflower narrowleaf mountainmint winged sumac — little bluestem giant goldenrod Indiangrass prairie cordgrass Baldwin's ironweed	— — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon albic horizon redox depletions with chroma 2 or less redox concentrations cambic horizon argillic horizon paralithic materials paralithic contact	0—13 13—51 13—203 13—203 51—79 79—140 140—203 140—203	—- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-

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
2	—	—	291	—	60	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior silt loam; 13 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 20 percent clay; granular structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU011647; moist when described; observed in push tube

E1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); 50 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior and 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silt loam; 13 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 21 percent clay; granular structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent skeletans; 5 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU011648; moist when described; observed in push tube

E2—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and 50 percent gray (10YR 5/1) exterior silt loam; 16 percent sand; 70 percent silt; 15 percent clay; subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 20 percent skeletans; 5 percent manganese coatings and 20 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU011649; moist when described; observed in push tube

2Bw—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); 60 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) exterior and 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior loam; 41 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 15 percent clay; subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent skeletans; 20 percent masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent manganese coatings and 35 percent iron-manganese masses; 20 percent by volume 5-20-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU011650; moist when described; observed in push tube

3Bt1—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); 60 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior and 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) exterior and 10 percent dark gray (7.5YR 4/1) exterior silty clay loam; 17 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 39 percent clay; subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent skeletans; 20 percent iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 5-20-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU011651; moist when described; observed in push tube

3Bt2—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); 60 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior and 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) exterior and 10 percent dark gray (7.5YR 4/1) exterior silty clay loam; 14 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 39 percent clay; subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent skeletans; 20 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU011652; moist when described; observed in push tube

3Cr—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); 80 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed and 20 percent dark gray (7.5YR 4/1) crushed silty clay loam; 13 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 31 percent clay; massive; very firm; 10 percent masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # MU011653; moist when described; observed in push tube