IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PUTNAM
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2006MO139082
  • User Pedon ID: 2006MO139082
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0613982
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30299
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 38.9930833
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3740556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T49N
  • Range: R4W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 10 feet East and 184 feet North from the South East corner
  • Location Description: SW,SW,SW
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO139—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO603—Montgomery and Warren Counties, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38091-H3—Bellflower South, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Chalfant, Amber Marshaus, LeAnn Bullard
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Albaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 82
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - PUTNAM
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Albaqualfs
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/31/2006
  • 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

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess derived from mixed over clayey till derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: lower 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: 5/31/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38091h3nw
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt—20 to 69 centimeters (7.9 to 27.2 inches); 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 70 percent distinct clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark gray (10YR 4/1), 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 strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU028037; observed in pit, small
    Btg1—69 to 183 centimeters (27.2 to 72.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 35 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), 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 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU028038; observed in pit, small
    Btg2—183 to 244 centimeters (72.0 to 96.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak thick platy structure; firm; 45 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), 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; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU028039; observed in pit, small
    Btg3—244 to 269 centimeters (96.1 to 105.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, skeletans and 30 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 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 (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Btssbg—269 to 396 centimeters (105.9 to 155.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 20 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, pressure faces and 70 percent prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 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 black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Btbg1—396 to 579 centimeters (155.9 to 228.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 30 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), 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 black (10YR 2/1), 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
    2Btbg2—579 to 640 centimeters (228.0 to 252.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 12 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), 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
    2Btbg3—640 to 823 centimeters (252.0 to 324.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) broken face silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 12 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, pressure faces and 20 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), 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; 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
    2Btb1—823 to 914 centimeters (324.0 to 359.8 inches); 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) broken face and 40 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) broken face silty clay; weak fine angular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic, and moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 20 percent 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; 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
    2Btb2—914 to 1036 centimeters (359.8 to 407.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay; weak fine angular blocky, and weak thick platy structure; very firm; 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), 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 gray (10YR 5/1), 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
    2BC1—1036 to 1067 centimeters (407.9 to 420.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face silty clay loam; massive, and weak thick platy; very firm; 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 black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2BC2—1067 to 1100 centimeters (420.1 to 433.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face silty clay; weak thick platy structure; very firm; 3 percent prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, clay films and 6 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 yellowish brown (10YR 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; 4 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Cd—1100 to 1128 centimeters (433.1 to 444.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face silty clay; massive; very firm; 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 and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 4 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small