IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LOWMO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2007MO139004
  • User Pedon ID: 2007MO139004
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - LowMO-37
  • Transect Stop Number - 6
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0713904
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25745
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.6881389
  • Std. Longitude: -91.5428056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T45N
  • Range: R6W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 2,586 feet East and 1,333 feet North from the South West corner
  • Location Description: Brian Lensing Farm between Best Bottom & Old Rock Rd.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO139—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO603—Montgomery and Warren Counties, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38091-F5—Gasconade, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Grant Butler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LOWMO
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowmo
  • Classificaton Date - 1/29/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-silty alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood-plain step
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for long periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/29/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38091f5ne
  • Surface Water Kind: flooded
  • Surface Water Depth: 15
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion sheet
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—58

    48—107

    107—

    —58—

    —59—

    —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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    155.1

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    0

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004596; observed in push tube
    A—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dry; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU004597; observed in push tube
    Bw1—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); 60 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face and 40 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004598; observed in push tube
    Bw2—58 to 107 centimeters (22.8 to 42.1 inches); 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004599; observed in push tube
    C1—107 to 142 centimeters (42.1 to 55.9 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and 25 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face stratified very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 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; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004600; observed in push tube
    Cg1—142 to 160 centimeters (55.9 to 63.0 inches); 40 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face and 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face stratified silty clay loam; massive; firm; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004601; observed in push tube
    Cg2—160 to 180 centimeters (63.0 to 70.9 inches); 55 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 30 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face and 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face stratified silty clay loam; massive; firm; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004602; observed in push tube
    C2—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches); 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face stratified very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # MU004603; observed in push tube