IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amagon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2005MO023002
  • User Pedon ID: 2005MO023002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0502399
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26443
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 36.7794151
  • Std. Longitude: -90.2155304
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 2—Amagon silt loam, occasionally flooded86003—Amagon silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO023—Butler
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO023—Butler County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36090-G2—Fisk, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BK, RT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Typic Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Amagon
  • PSC - 21 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amagon
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/2005 (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

    argillic horizon

    0—21

    21—200

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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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    100

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium platy structure; weak; 5.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 7.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009662
    Ap2—8 to 21 centimeters (3.1 to 8.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; weak; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009663
    Btg1—21 to 52 centimeters (8.3 to 20.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 2 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU009664
    Btg2—52 to 71 centimeters (20.5 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) clay films; 5 percent medium prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009665
    Btg3—71 to 101 centimeters (28.0 to 39.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) clay films; 3 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 7 percent coarse prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009666
    Btg4—101 to 135 centimeters (39.8 to 53.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) clay films; 3 percent coarse prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009667
    Btg5—135 to 170 centimeters (53.1 to 66.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films; 2 percent fine and medium prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 15 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009668
    Btg6—170 to 200 centimeters (66.9 to 78.7 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on surfaces along pores; 3 percent medium prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU009669