IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plato
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2006MO187001M
  • User Pedon ID: 2006MO187001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0618701
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 37.6738611
  • Std. Longitude: -90.1633333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO187—St. Francois
  • MLRA: 116A—Ozark Highland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO187—St. Francois County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37090-F2—Womack, Missouri
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RT, BK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty over clayey, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plato
  • PSC - 20 to 87 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/28/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Needleye
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 87 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/2/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over slope alluvium over residuum
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/2/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    87 - 156

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—20

    20—200

    87—156

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    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

    1

    324.6

    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 10.0 medium and coarse roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU028165
    BE—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 very fine and fine roots and 7.0 medium and coarse roots; 7.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU028166
    Bt1—20 to 50 centimeters (7.9 to 19.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 7.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions and 2 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU028167
    Btg—50 to 87 centimeters (19.7 to 34.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU028168
    2Btx1—87 to 113 centimeters (34.3 to 44.5 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 40 percent brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) silt coats and 40 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films; 5 percent fine prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; 60 percent of brittleness; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU028169
    2Btx2—113 to 156 centimeters (44.5 to 61.4 inches); 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) silt coats and 40 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3) clay films; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; 70 percent of brittleness; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU028170
    3Bt2—156 to 190 centimeters (61.4 to 74.8 inches); 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very gravelly silty clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-?-250 millimeter chert fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MU028171
    3Bt3—190 to 200 centimeters (74.8 to 78.7 inches); 85 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) extremely gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-?-250 millimeter chert fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments. Lab sample # MU028172