IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEXICO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2007MO027051
  • User Pedon ID: 2007MO027051
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0702751
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30284
  • 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: 38.9103611
  • Std. Longitude: -91.6619167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T48N
  • Range: R7W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 941 feet West and 39 feet South from the North East corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO027—Callaway
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO027—Callaway County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38091-H6—Williamsburg, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Chalfant, LeAnn Bullard, Amber Marshaus
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric 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 #: 51
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MEXICO
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: plain
  • Anthropogenic Feature: cut (road, railroad, etc.)
  • 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
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent slight weathered chert at 427cm with 45 to <100 and a strike of 0 degrees and a dip of 0 to 0 degrees
  • Geology: Warner Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38091h6se
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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

    bedrock, lithic

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    427 - 427

    - 1 -

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

    lithic contact

    427—427

    —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

    1

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    244.1

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    90

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    Btp1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), 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 and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    Btp2—23 to 91 centimeters (9.1 to 35.8 inches); 50 percent gray (10YR 5/1) broken face and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face silty clay; weak medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 12 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2Ab—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silt loam; 80 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 4 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2Btb1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), 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; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2Btb2—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); 50 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) broken face and 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) broken face silty clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2Btb3—183 to 213 centimeters (72.0 to 83.9 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face and 40 percent gray (10YR 6/1) broken face silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2BCb1—213 to 290 centimeters (83.9 to 114.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 5/1), 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; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2BCb2—290 to 305 centimeters (114.2 to 120.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face loam; massive; friable; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), 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
    2Cb1—305 to 366 centimeters (120.1 to 144.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silty clay loam; massive; very firm; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2Cb2—366 to 373 centimeters (144.1 to 146.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face sandy loam; structureless single grain; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2Cb3—373 to 427 centimeters (146.9 to 168.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silty clay; massive; very firm; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 5/1), 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; 4 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in push tube