IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEXICO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2005MO219001
  • User Pedon ID: 2005MO219001
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - MexPut-14
  • Transect Stop Number - 7
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0521901
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25834
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 38.9227778
  • Std. Longitude: -91.1399167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T48N
  • Range: R2W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 2,494 feet East and 2,021 feet North from the South West corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO219—Warren
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO603—Montgomery and Warren Counties, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38091-H2—Hawk Point, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Keith Knelle, Teresa Gerber, John Horton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MEXICO
  • PSC - 18 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MEXICO
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Holocene Stage silty and clayey loess derived from mixed over silty and clayey pedisediment derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock over pre-Illinoian Stage clayey till derived from mixed
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/3/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38091h2se
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion sheet
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    reduced matrix

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—18

    18—203

    18—203

    18—203

    66—

    66—

    —18—

    —185—

    —185—

    —185—

    —1—

    —1—
    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

    3

    —

    —

    231.3

    —

    218

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 50 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine vesicular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005271; observed in push tube
    Btg1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine vesicular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 70 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005272; observed in push tube
    Btg2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005273; observed in push tube
    Btg3—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005274; observed in push tube
    2Btg4—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 12 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005275; observed in push tube
    2Btg5—99 to 142 centimeters (39.0 to 55.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silt loam; weak fine angular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 12 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005276; observed in push tube
    2Btg6—142 to 180 centimeters (55.9 to 70.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; very firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 12 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 12 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005277; observed in push tube
    3Btg7—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face silty clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 35 percent faint light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 35 percent faint gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # MU005278; observed in push tube