IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rueter
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2005MO179001M
  • User Pedon ID: 2005MO179001M
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2005MO179001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0517901
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25144
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • 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: 37.1247444
  • Std. Longitude: -90.7806306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T28N
  • Range: R2E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 462 feet W and 732 feet N of the SE corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO179—Reynolds
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO179—Reynolds County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37090-A7—Ellington SE, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leon Thompson, Michael Wyatt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rueter
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/25/2020
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alred
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal over clayey, siliceous, active, nonacid, mesic Mollic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 41 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from dolomite and/or slope alluvium derived from dolomite
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Eminence Dolomite formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 37090b7se
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PRSE2

    CORNU

    CARYA

    CECU

    Prunus serotina

    Cornus

    Carya

    Ceanothus cuneatus

    black cherry

    dogwood

    hybrid hickory

    buckbrush

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    0—20

    41—203

    102—

    —20—

    —162—

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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

    18

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    166.7

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    276

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face very gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots throughout and 10.0 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 45 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU000125; observed in pit, small
    E—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 coarse moderate-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU000126; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots top of horizon and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 coarse moderate-continuity tubular pores; 12 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 75-?-250 millimeter chert fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU000127; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face very gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 coarse moderate-continuity tubular pores; 35 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 45 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU000128; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face very gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots top of horizon; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 35 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU000129; observed in pit, small
    2Bt4—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); 40 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) broken face and 60 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) broken face very gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots top of horizon; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 35 percent faint red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU000130; observed in pit, small
    2B5—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); 80 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) broken face and 20 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) broken face gravelly clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots top of horizon; 0.5 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 35 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 70 percent faint red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 75-?-250 millimeter chert fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments. Lab sample # MU000131; observed in pit, small