IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LETA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2007MO087002
  • User Pedon ID: 2007MO087002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0708702
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25676
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 39.9032500
  • Std. Longitude: -95.0163333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T59N
  • Range: R37W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1,292 feet West and 2,316 feet South from the North East corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO087—Holt
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO087—Holt County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39095-H1—Forbes, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Timothy Knoernschild, Craig Chatfield, Aaron Woods
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey over loamy, smectitic, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LETA
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey over loamy, smectitic, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/29/2007
  • 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: Holocene Stage clayey alluvium derived from mixed over Holocene Stage loamy alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: flat
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: rare ponding for brief periods
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/29/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39095h1se
  • 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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    redox concentrations

    cambic horizon

    reduced matrix

    episaturation

    0—25

    10—147

    25—64

    25—208

    25—104

    —25—

    —137—

    —39—

    —183—

    —79—
    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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    —

    252.4

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    0

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face silty clay loam; 1 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 39 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004085; observed in push tube
    Ap2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) broken face silty clay; 9 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 43 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 30 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), 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. Lab sample # MU004086; observed in push tube
    Bw1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face silty clay; 1 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 58 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine pores; 20 percent faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004087; observed in push tube
    Bw2—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face and 50 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face silty clay loam; 1 percent sand; 71 percent silt; 28 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), 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; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004088; observed in push tube
    B/C—64 to 104 centimeters (25.2 to 40.9 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face and 40 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 43 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky, and massive; firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    C1—104 to 147 centimeters (40.9 to 57.9 inches); 80 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face and 10 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face and 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face silt loam; 36 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 9 percent clay; massive; firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    C2—147 to 208 centimeters (57.9 to 81.9 inches); 50 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face and 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) broken face and 20 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face fine sand; 98 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose; fragments.; observed in push tube