IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEXICO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2006MO127005
  • User Pedon ID: 2006MO127005
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - T06-127-04
  • Transect Stop Number - 3
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0612705
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25847
  • 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: 39.7894722
  • Std. Longitude: -91.7534444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T58N
  • Range: R8W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 606 feet West and 447 feet North from the South East corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO127—Marion
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO608—Marion and Ralls Counties, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39091-G7—Emden, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Paine
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Albaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MEXICO
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Albaqualfs
  • PSC - 43 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/21/2006
  • 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: plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • 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: 4/21/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39091g7se
  • 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 gully
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—43

    43—203

    —43—

    —160—
    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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    214.9

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    35

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed silt loam; 100 percent silt; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots throughout and 10.0 roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005373; observed in push tube
    Ap2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; 100 percent silt; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots throughout and 10.0 roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005374; observed in push tube
    BE—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; 100 percent silt; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, silt coats 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; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005375; observed in push tube
    Bt—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay; 100 percent silt; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 35 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005376; observed in push tube
    Btg1—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay; 100 percent silt; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 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 # MU005377; observed in push tube
    Btg2—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 100 percent silt; weak medium angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 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 # MU005378; observed in push tube
    Btg3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and 50 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 100 percent silt; weak medium angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 12 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 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 # MU005379; observed in push tube
    Btg4—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 100 percent silt; weak medium angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 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 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. Lab sample # MU005380; observed in push tube