IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
DESIOUX
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
2007MO183035
User Pedon ID:
2007MO183035
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
MCL
Lab Pedon # -
M0718335
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
25707
Print Date:
2/16/2025
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:
38.8672222
Std. Longitude:
-90.4838611
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
T47N
Range:
R5E
Section:
5
PLSS Details:
2,248 feet East and 452 feet South from the North West corner
Country:
US—United States
State:
Missouri
County:
MO183—St. Charles
MLRA:
115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MO183—St. Charles County, Missouri
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
38090-G4—Saint Charles, Missouri
PEDON
Describers Name:
Teresa Gerber, Ralph Tucker, Mike Cook, Keith Knelle
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
taxadjunct to the series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Missouri Pedon
Pedon #:
35
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
DESIOUX
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 -
LOMAX
Classificaton Date -
12/12/2007
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
coarse-loamy alluvium derived from mixed
Landscape:
river valley
Landform:
terrace
Geomorphic Component Terraces:
tread
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Runoff:
negligible
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
rare flooding for very brief periods
Ponding:
none ponding
Geology:
Holocene Stage formation.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
12/12/2007 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
38090g4nw
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
0—76
76—203
—76—
—127—
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
—
—
133.8
—
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face very fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # MU004315; observed in push tube
Ap2—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face very fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # MU004316; observed in push tube
Bw1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments.; observed in push tube
Bw2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); 70 percent black (10YR 2/1) broken face and 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments.; observed in push tube
Bw3—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); 50 percent black (10YR 2/1) broken face and 50 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments.; observed in push tube
Bw4—102 to 145 centimeters (40.2 to 57.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face very fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments.; observed in push tube
Bw5—145 to 203 centimeters (57.1 to 79.9 inches); 50 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face and 50 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments.; observed in push tube