IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEXICO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2006MO173006
  • User Pedon ID: 2006MO173006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0617306
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25853
  • 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: 39.5389167
  • Std. Longitude: -91.5441389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T55N
  • Range: R6W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1,103 feet East and 692 feet South from the North West corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO173—Ralls
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO608—Marion and Ralls Counties, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39091-E5—Center, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joseph Dyer
  • 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 #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MEXICO
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • PSC - 23 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/27/2006
  • 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: silty and clayey loess derived from mixed
  • 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: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/27/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39091e5se
  • 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
    • 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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005424; observed in push tube
    BE—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    Btg1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silty clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 20 percent faint silt coats on all faces of peds and 20 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005426; observed in push tube
    Btg2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silty clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005427; observed in push tube
    Btg3—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior silty clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    Btg4—61 to 102 centimeters (24.0 to 40.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    Btg5—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 4.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent distinct white (2.5Y 8/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005430; observed in push tube
    Btg6—122 to 135 centimeters (48.0 to 53.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 5.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 4 percent distinct white (2.5Y 8/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005431; observed in push tube
    Btg7—135 to 150 centimeters (53.1 to 59.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 5.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    Btg8—150 to 168 centimeters (59.1 to 66.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 5.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    Btg9—168 to 203 centimeters (66.1 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 5.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments.; observed in push tube