IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
LOWMO
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
2007MO189001
User Pedon ID:
2007MO189001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
MCL
Lab Pedon # -
M0718901
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
25759
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:
38.8077778
Std. Longitude:
-90.1624167
Datum:
WGS84
PLSS Details:
1,066 feet West and 1,395 feet North from the South East corner of Survey 329,
Country:
US—United States
State:
Missouri
County:
MO189—St. Louis
MLRA:
115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MO189—St. Louis County and St. Louis City, Missouri
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
38090-G2—Columbia Bottom, Missouri
PEDON
Describers Name:
Grant Butler, Mike Cook
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 #:
1
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 -
3/7/2007
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:
convex
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:
3/7/2007 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
38090g2se
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 gully
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
cambic horizon
aquic conditions
0—51
51—109
196—
—51—
—58—
—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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—
128
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0
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Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004700; observed in push tube
A—15 to 51 centimeters (5.9 to 20.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; silt loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, worm casts throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004701; observed in push tube
Bw1—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silt loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 5 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, worm casts throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004702; observed in push tube
Bw2—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 3 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, worm casts throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004703; observed in push tube
BC—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very 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 dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, worm casts throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004704; observed in push tube
C—109 to 150 centimeters (42.9 to 59.1 inches); 80 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior stratified very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 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; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
Ck—150 to 196 centimeters (59.1 to 77.2 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and 40 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior stratified very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 3.0 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; 2 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate masses along lamina or strata surfaces; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004706; observed in push tube
Ckg—196 to 229 centimeters (77.2 to 90.2 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and 10 percent gray (10YR 5/1) interior stratified very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 3.0 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 and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate masses along lamina or strata surfaces; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in push tube