IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ARMSTER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2006MO199033
  • User Pedon ID: 2006MO199033
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - T06-199-33
  • Transect Stop Number - 3
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0619933
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25171
  • 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: 40.3431944
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2652222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T64N
  • Range: R12W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 2,481 feet East and 1,368 feet South from the North West corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO199—Scotland
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO199—Scotland County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40092-C3—Bible Grove, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Paine
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Chromic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 33
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ARMSTER
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Chromic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/13/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey loess derived from mixed over clayey till derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/13/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 40092c3ne
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—203

    —28—

    —175—
    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

    9

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    245.4

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    120

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); 60 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed and 40 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU000281; observed in push tube
    BE—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and 40 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent faint light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU000282; observed in push tube
    2Bt—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2Btg—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); 60 percent gray (10YR 5/1) interior and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (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; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2Btk1—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and 50 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2Btk2—112 to 142 centimeters (44.1 to 55.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), 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; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2Btkg—142 to 178 centimeters (55.9 to 70.1 inches); 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1) interior and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2Btg—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1) interior and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments.; observed in push tube