IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SWISS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2006MO027064
  • User Pedon ID: 2006MO027064
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2006MO02764
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 16E-2
  • Transect Stop Number - 6
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0602764
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 26130
  • 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: 38.7433611
  • Std. Longitude: -91.7765278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T46N
  • Range: R8W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 755 feet East and 2,473 feet South from the North West corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO027—Callaway
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO027—Callaway County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38091-F7—Mokane East, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David Dowdy, Larry Slechta, LeAnn Bullard, Amber Marshaus
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 64
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SWISS
  • PSC - 43 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SWISS
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy colluvium derived from mixed over clayey residuum weathered from shale and siltstone over silty and clayey residuum weathered from mixed
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Cheltenham Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/8/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38091f7ne
  • 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 gully
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUERC

    CARYA

    ACER

    Quercus

    Carya

    Acer

    oak

    hybrid hickory

    maple

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    43—71

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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

    25

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    241.1

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    150

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter chert fragments and 12 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU007326; observed in pit, small
    E—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-?-250 millimeter chert fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter chert fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU007327; observed in pit, small
    Bt—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds and 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 70 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (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 wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU007328; observed in pit, small
    B/C—71 to 137 centimeters (28.0 to 53.9 inches); 50 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3) broken face and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU007329; observed in pit, small
    2C—137 to 203 centimeters (53.9 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silt loam; massive; very firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct weak red (10R 4/2), moist, clay films 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; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # MU007330; observed in pit, small