IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
LETA
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
2007MO027011
User Pedon ID:
2007MO027011
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
MCL
Lab Pedon # -
M0702711
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
25686
Print Date:
4/22/2025
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:
38.6119167
Std. Longitude:
-92.1793056
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
T44N
Range:
R11W
Section:
9
PLSS Details:
1,513 feet East and 275 feet South from the North West corner
Country:
US—United States
State:
Missouri
County:
MO027—Callaway
MLRA:
115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MO027—Callaway County, Missouri
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
38092-E2—Jefferson City, Missouri
PEDON
Describers Name:
Teresa Gerber
Current Taxonomic Class:
Clayey over loamy, smectitic, mesic Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
map unit inclusion
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Missouri Pedon
Pedon #:
11
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
LETA
Taxonomic Class -
Clayey over loamy, smectitic, mesic Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
PSC -
25 to 102 cm.
Classificaton Date -
5/23/2007
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
ninth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture SUBClass -
typic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
clayey alluvium derived from mixed over Holocene Stage loamy alluvium derived from mixed
Landscape:
river valley
Landform:
flood plain
Geomorphic Component Terraces:
tread
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
concave
Slope Shape Down:
concave
Runoff:
negligible
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Flooding:
occasional flooding for very brief periods
Ponding:
none ponding
Geology:
Holocene Stage formation.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
5/23/2007 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
38092e2ne
Surface Water Kind:
flooded
Surface Water Depth:
15
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
Pedon Restrictions
Kind
Hardness
Restriction Depth L-H
Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
cm
abrupt textural change
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51 -
- 1 -
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
aquic conditions
abrupt textural change
0—51
51—
51—
—51—
—1—
—1—
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
0
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164.3
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1
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Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004158; observed in push tube
Ap2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); 80 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face and 20 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004159; observed in push tube
A—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); 60 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face and 40 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004160; observed in push tube
2Bw1—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004161; observed in push tube
2Bw2—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); 20 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face and 20 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face and 20 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face very fine sandy loam; massive; loose; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004162; observed in push tube
2C1—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); 50 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face and 25 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face and 25 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face very fine sandy loam; massive; loose; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004163; observed in push tube
2C2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); 60 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face and 40 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face loamy fine sand; massive; loose; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004164; observed in push tube
2C3—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); 60 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face and 40 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face loamy fine sand; massive; loose; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004165; observed in push tube
2C4—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); 50 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face and 50 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face loamy fine sand; massive; loose; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # MU004166; observed in push tube