IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEXICO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2005MO139052
  • User Pedon ID: 2005MO139052
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0513952
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30376
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.8822222
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3950000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T48N
  • Range: R4W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 147 feet East and 2,531 feet North from the South West corner
  • Location Description: about 1/2 mile west of High Hill along N Outer Road of I-70
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO139—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO603—Montgomery and Warren Counties, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38091-H4—New Florence, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Greg Caldwell, LeAnn Bullard, Scott Paine, Mike Chalfant
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 52
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MEXICO
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • PSC - 33 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/9/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey loess derived from mixed over clayey till derived from mixed
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: divide
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Pre-illinoian Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/9/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38091h4se
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rural transportation
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    33—213

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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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    274.3

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    236

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    Bt1—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026693; observed in push tube
    Bt2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026694; observed in push tube
    Btg—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2Btg2—79 to 122 centimeters (31.1 to 48.0 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face and 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; weak thick platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026696; observed in push tube
    2Btg3—122 to 165 centimeters (48.0 to 65.0 inches); 60 percent gray (10YR 6/1) broken face and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026697; observed in push tube
    3Btg4—165 to 188 centimeters (65.0 to 74.0 inches); 75 percent gray (10YR 6/1) broken face and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) broken face silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 40 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026698; observed in push tube
    3Btg5—188 to 213 centimeters (74.0 to 83.9 inches); 75 percent gray (10YR 6/1) broken face and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) broken face silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds and 20 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU026699; observed in push tube
    3BCg—213 to 427 centimeters (83.9 to 168.1 inches); 60 percent gray (10YR 5/1) broken face and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay; weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 5 percent distinct pressure faces; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    3BC—427 to 579 centimeters (168.1 to 228.0 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face and 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and massive; firm; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    3Cd—579 to 701 centimeters (228.0 to 276.0 inches); 80 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face and 20 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face clay loam; massive; very firm; 10 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    4C—701 to 777 centimeters (276.0 to 305.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face sandy loam; massive; very friable; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    5Cd—777 to 991 centimeters (305.9 to 390.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face clay loam; massive; very firm; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    6C—991 to 1036 centimeters (390.2 to 407.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face loamy sand; single grain; loose; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    7Cd1—1036 to 1250 centimeters (407.9 to 492.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face clay; massive; very firm; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    7Cd2—1250 to 1509 centimeters (492.1 to 594.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; massive; very firm; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in push tube