IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sampsel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2006MO025001m
  • User Pedon ID: 2006MO025001m
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0602501
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30864
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.6128349
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9634705
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T58N
  • Range: R26W
  • Section: 21
  • Map Unit: 10118—Sampsel silty clay loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, eroded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO025—Caldwell
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO025—Caldwell County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ms
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sampsel
  • PSC - 65 to 115 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sampsel
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess/shale residuum
  • Landscape: hillslope on dissected till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/12/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    redox concentrations

    argillic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—65

    38—201

    65—186

    65—89

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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

    5

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    —

    —

    —

    180

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face silty clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular and 7.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; fragments. Lab sample # MU027479; observed in push tube
    A1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular and 7.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # MU027480; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327132; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327132
    A2—38 to 65 centimeters (15.0 to 25.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 15 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # MU027481; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327133; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327133
    2Bt1—65 to 89 centimeters (25.6 to 35.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face silty clay loam; 42 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 10 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # MU027482; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327134; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327134
    2Bt2—89 to 123 centimeters (35.0 to 48.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; 45 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular and 7.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 15 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # MU027483; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327135; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327136; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327135; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327136
    2Bt3—123 to 137 centimeters (48.4 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; 40 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; 7.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular and 7.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 15 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # MU027484; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327137; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327138; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327137; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327138
    2Bt4—137 to 186 centimeters (53.9 to 73.2 inches); 90 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face and 10 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face silty clay; 41 percent clay; massive; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular and 5.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 15 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # MU027485; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327139; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327139
    3Cr—186 to 201 centimeters (73.2 to 79.1 inches); 80 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face and 20 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; massive; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular and 5.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 20 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 30 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # MU027486; observed in push tube