IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
SANSDESSEIN
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
2007MO219011
User Pedon ID:
2007MO219011
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
MCL
Lab Pedon # -
M0721911
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
25225
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:
38.7302222
Std. Longitude:
-91.3666389
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
T46N
Range:
R4W
Section:
21
PLSS Details:
1,620 feet West and 968 feet North from the South East corner
Country:
US—United States
State:
Missouri
County:
MO219—Warren
MLRA:
115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MO603—Montgomery and Warren Counties, Missouri
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
38091-F3—Berger, Missouri
PEDON
Describers Name:
Ralph Tucker, Mike Cook
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, smectitic, superactive, mesic Fluvaquentic Vertic Endoaquolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
not classified to current taxon name
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Missouri Pedon
Pedon #:
11
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
SANSDESSEIN
PSC -
25 to 102 cm.
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2012
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
ninth edition
Moisture Class -
aquic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
BOOKER
Classificaton Date -
3/13/2007
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
clayey alluvium derived from mixed over loamy alluvium derived from mixed
Landscape:
river valley
Landform:
flood-plain step
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
undulating
Slope Shape Down:
concave
Runoff:
high
Drainage Class:
poorly
Flooding:
occasional flooding for long periods
Ponding:
none ponding
Geology:
Holocene Stage formation.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
3/13/2007 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
38091f3nw
Surface Water Kind:
flooded
Surface Water Depth:
15
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
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
cambic horizon
0—46
46—180
—46—
—134—
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
0
—
—
151.8
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2
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Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU000689; observed in pit, small
Ap2—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face silty clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU000690; observed in pit, small
A—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU000691; observed in pit, small
Bg1—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, dry; silty clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
Bg2—64 to 109 centimeters (25.2 to 42.9 inches); 80 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, dry; silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and medium prismatic structure; firm; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, sand coats on all faces of peds; 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 brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
Bg3—109 to 160 centimeters (42.9 to 63.0 inches); 40 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 40 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, 10 percent gray (10YR 5/1) broken face and 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, dry; clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
Bg4—160 to 180 centimeters (63.0 to 70.9 inches); 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1) broken face and 30 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very 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; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
2C1—180 to 193 centimeters (70.9 to 76.0 inches); 80 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, 10 percent gray (10YR 5/1) broken face, dry; silt loam; massive; friable; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
2C2—193 to 211 centimeters (76.0 to 83.1 inches); 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face and 40 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, 10 percent gray (10YR 5/1) broken face, dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small