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

    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

    164.3

    1

    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