IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEXICO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2006MO139070
  • User Pedon ID: 2006MO139070
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0613970
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30310
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 38.8900000
  • Std. Longitude: -91.6210000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T48N
  • Range: R6W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 252 feet West and 1,578 feet South from the North East corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO139—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO053—Cooper County, MissouriMO603—Montgomery and Warren Counties, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38091-H5—Montgomery City, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Chalfant, Amber Marshaus
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric 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 #: 70
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MEXICO
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38091h5sw
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion gully
    • 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
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    248.4

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    Ap—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A/Ep—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); 60 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed and 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027896; observed in pit, small
    Bt—56 to 97 centimeters (22.0 to 38.2 inches); 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 35 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), 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; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027897; observed in pit, small
    2Btg—97 to 137 centimeters (38.2 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 12 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films and 12 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, skeletans and 35 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, silt coats; 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 dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027898; observed in pit, small
    2Bw—137 to 168 centimeters (53.9 to 66.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 12 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films and 35 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, skeletans and 70 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats; 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 (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027899; observed in pit, small
    3Btb—168 to 213 centimeters (66.1 to 83.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), 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 strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027900; observed in pit, small
    3Btgb1—213 to 244 centimeters (83.9 to 96.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 12 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, pressure faces and 35 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 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 strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3Btgb2—244 to 351 centimeters (96.1 to 138.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate coarse platy structure; firm; 35 percent faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films; 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 yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3Btb—351 to 373 centimeters (138.2 to 146.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; very firm; 12 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films and 12 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats; 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 strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3Bk1—373 to 411 centimeters (146.9 to 161.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; firm; 12 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films and 12 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 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 grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3Bk2—411 to 419 centimeters (161.8 to 165.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face clay loam; weak thick platy structure; firm; 12 percent faint white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats and 12 percent prominent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, clay films; 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 strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    4Ck—419 to 432 centimeters (165.0 to 170.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face sandy loam; single grain, and weak medium platy; loose; 12 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 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 strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    5C1—432 to 478 centimeters (170.1 to 188.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay; weak thick platy structure; firm; 12 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), 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 yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    5C2—478 to 488 centimeters (188.2 to 192.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; massive; firm; 35 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), 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 yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small