IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PORTAGE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2007MO113008
  • User Pedon ID: 2007MO113008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0711308
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25989
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 39.1648889
  • Std. Longitude: -90.7701111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO113—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO113—Lincoln County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39090-B7—Elsberry, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Larsen, Gary Noel, Brian Engelbrecht
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - PORTAGE
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • PSC - 46 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess derived from mixed
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39090b7
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion gully
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU006412; observed in pit, small
    A1—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU006413; observed in pit, small
    Btg1—46 to 86 centimeters (18.1 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 70 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU006414; observed in pit, small
    Btg2—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); 55 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 45 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 70 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU006415; observed in pit, small
    Btg3—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); 55 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 45 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; 35 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU006416; observed in pit, small
    Btg4—135 to 157 centimeters (53.1 to 61.8 inches); 55 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 45 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; 35 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Btg5—157 to 201 centimeters (61.8 to 79.1 inches); 55 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 45 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 18 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Btg6—201 to 231 centimeters (79.1 to 90.9 inches); 55 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 45 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 18 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments.; observed in pit, small