IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Liberal

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 2005MO011014

User Pedon ID: 2005MO011014

Vegetation Plot ID: 2005MO011014

Transect:

User Transect ID - T05MO011003

Transect Stop Number - 2

Transect Interval - 45.7

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - MCL

Lab Pedon # - M0501114

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30906

Print Date: 12/17/2024

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: 37.5165556

Std. Longitude: -94.5013889

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: Craig Chatfield

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

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Liberal

PSC - 38 to 88 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/31/2012

Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition

Moisture Subclass - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Liberal

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: head slope

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Bedrock: indurated shale, unspecified at 185cm

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 redox concentrations argillic horizon redox depletions with chroma 2 or less paralithic materials paralithic contact lithic contact	0—38 0—185 38—114 38—114 114—185 114—114 185—	—- —- —- —- —- —- —-

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	—	—	290.3	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior silt loam; granular structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026435; moist when described; observed in push tube

BA—10 to 38 centimeters (3.9 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior gravelly silt loam; subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 10 percent skeletans; 1 percent manganese coatings and 10 percent iron-manganese masses; 15 percent by volume 5-20-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026436; moist when described; observed in push tube

Bt1—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) exterior and 10 percent gray (7.5YR 5/1) exterior silty clay loam; angular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 10 percent skeletans; 10 percent iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 5-20-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026437; moist when described; observed in push tube

2Bt2—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) exterior and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior and 10 percent dark gray (7.5YR 4/1) exterior silty clay loam; angular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 25 percent skeletans; 10 percent manganese coatings on surfaces along root channels and 30 percent iron-manganese masses; 10 percent by volume 5-20-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026438; moist when described; observed in push tube

2Bt3—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) exterior and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior and 10 percent dark gray (7.5YR 4/1) exterior silty clay; subangular blocky structure; very firm; 30 percent skeletans; 35 percent iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 5-20-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026439; moist when described; observed in push tube

2Cr—114 to 185 centimeters (44.9 to 72.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior clay; platy structure; very firm; 5 percent iron-manganese masses and 40 percent manganese coatings; fragments. Lab sample # MU026440; moist when described; observed in push tube

3R—185 to 203 centimeters (72.8 to 79.9 inches); fragments.; observed in push tube