IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PUTNAM
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2007MO211055
  • User Pedon ID: 2007MO211055
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0721155
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45471
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 40.3498039
  • Std. Longitude: -92.8603058
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T64N
  • Range: R18W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1,377 feet West and 2,648 feet North from the South East corner
  • Map Unit: 30175—Pershing silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO211—Sullivan
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO211—Sullivan County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40092-C7—Stahl, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David Dowdy, Amber Marshaus, Larry Slechta
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, superactive, mesic Vertic Argialbolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 55
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PUTNAM
  • PSC - 53 to 104 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - GORIN
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey loess derived from mixed
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Pre-illinoian Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 40092c7nw
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion gully
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    abrupt textural change

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    53 - 53

    - 1 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    0—25

    25—53

    53—203

    53—53

    —25—

    —28—

    —150—

    —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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    312.4

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    210

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silt loam; 5 percent sand; 78 percent silt; 17 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak thick platy structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 10.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002902; observed in push tube
    AE—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face and 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silt loam; 5 percent sand; 76 percent silt; 19 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak thick platy structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002903; observed in push tube
    EB—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silt loam; 9 percent sand; 70 percent silt; 21 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak thick platy structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 70 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002904; observed in push tube
    Btg1—53 to 91 centimeters (20.9 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay; 1 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 55 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 35 percent prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002905; observed in push tube
    Btg2—91 to 145 centimeters (35.8 to 57.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 37 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 35 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries throughout and 12 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 12 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002906; observed in push tube
    Btg3—145 to 175 centimeters (57.1 to 68.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; 1 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 35 percent prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU002907; observed in push tube
    Btg4—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face silt loam; 7 percent sand; 68 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 12 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 4 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, with clear boundaries throughout; fragments. Lab sample # MU002908; observed in push tube