IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEXICO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2006MO103002
  • User Pedon ID: 2006MO103002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2006MO103002
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - T06-103-02
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0610302
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25842
  • 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: 39.9726667
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2273056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T60N
  • Range: R12W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1,792 feet East and 1,736 feet North from the South West corner
  • Location Description: due west of Plevnia
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO103—Knox
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO602—Knox, Monroe, and Shelby Counties, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Paine
  • 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 #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MEXICO
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • PSC - 18 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/2/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/2/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39092h2nw
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    18—178

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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

    2

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    253.3

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    140

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005332; observed in push tube
    Btg1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), 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; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005333; observed in push tube
    Btg2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 18 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 black (N 2.5/0), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005334; observed in push tube
    Btg3—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 18 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), 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 (N 2.5/0), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005335; observed in push tube
    Btg4—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 18 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), 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 (N 2.5/0), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005336; observed in push tube
    2Btg5—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and 50 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 18 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005337; observed in push tube
    2Btg6—127 to 145 centimeters (50.0 to 57.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; 15 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2.5/0), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005338; observed in push tube
    2Btg7—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint gray (2.5Y 5/1), 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 and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2.5/0), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # MU005339; observed in push tube