IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEXICO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2006MO139084
  • User Pedon ID: 2006MO139084
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0613984
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30297
  • 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: 38.9641389
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2789722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T49N
  • Range: R3W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1,408 feet East and 138 feet North from the South West corner
  • 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: LeAnn Bullard, Amber Marshaus, Mike Chalfant
  • 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 #: 84
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MEXICO
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/31/2006
  • 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

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess derived from mixed
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/31/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38091h3ne
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rural transportation
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 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 dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU028065; observed in pit, small
    Btg1—15 to 51 centimeters (5.9 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 40 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films and 95 percent faint ; 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; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU028066; observed in pit, small
    Btg2—51 to 135 centimeters (20.1 to 53.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats and 40 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), 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; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU028067; observed in pit, small
    Btg3—135 to 201 centimeters (53.1 to 79.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic, and weak thick platy structure; very firm; 12 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, skeletans and 35 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films and 35 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), 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; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU028068; observed in pit, small
    2Btg1—201 to 239 centimeters (79.1 to 94.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 12 percent distinct white (10YR 8/1), moist, skeletans and 12 percent prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, pressure faces and 35 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), 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 # MU028069; observed in pit, small
    2Btg2—239 to 305 centimeters (94.1 to 120.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 70 percent prominent gray (5Y 5/1), 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; 1 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Btg3—305 to 427 centimeters (120.1 to 168.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) crushed silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; 35 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 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Bt1—427 to 533 centimeters (168.1 to 209.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) crushed silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent distinct 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 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Bt2—533 to 579 centimeters (209.8 to 228.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) crushed silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; very firm; 30 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented weak red (2.5YR 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; 3 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Bt3—579 to 711 centimeters (228.0 to 279.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) crushed silty clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 20 percent distinct clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (5Y 6/1), 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; 4 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    3Ck—711 to 721 centimeters (279.9 to 283.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1) crushed silt loam; firm; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small