IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEXICO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2008MO027052
  • User Pedon ID: 2008MO027052
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2008MO027052
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0802752
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30226
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 38.9709722
  • Std. Longitude: -91.9913889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T49N
  • Range: R10W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 1,857 feet East and 1,446 feet South from the South East corner
  • Location Description: Map location plot: SE1/4, NE1/4, NW1/4,sec. 1, T48, R10
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO027—Callaway
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO027—Callaway County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38091-H8—Kingdom City, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LeAnn Bullard, Mike Chalfant, Amber Marshaus
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 52
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MEXICO
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/16/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess derived from mixed over clayey till derived from chert
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: divide
  • Anthropogenic Feature: cut (road, railroad, etc.)
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Upper Wisconsinan Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/16/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38091h8nw
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rural transportation
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion gully
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FESTU

    Festuca

    fescue

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    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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    AB—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak thin platy structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent faint clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), 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 and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—38 to 81 centimeters (15.0 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 3 percent faint clay films and 70 percent faint silt coats; 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; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—81 to 305 centimeters (31.9 to 120.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 3 percent faint clay films and 70 percent faint silt coats; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), 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; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Btg1—305 to 345 centimeters (120.1 to 135.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak thick platy structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/8), 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; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Btg2—345 to 404 centimeters (135.8 to 159.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak thick platy structure; very firm; 35 percent distinct clay films and 35 percent faint skeletans; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Btg3—404 to 457 centimeters (159.1 to 179.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 10.0 fine tubular pores; 12 percent distinct pressure faces and 35 percent faint skeletans and 35 percent distinct clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), 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; 1 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Bt4—457 to 686 centimeters (179.9 to 270.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 12 percent prominent pressure faces and 35 percent prominent clay films and 35 percent faint skeletans; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), 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 and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Bt5—686 to 732 centimeters (270.1 to 288.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 12 percent prominent clay films and 12 percent prominent pressure faces; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Bk—732 to 805 centimeters (288.2 to 316.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 12 percent prominent clay films and 12 percent prominent pressure faces; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), 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; 12 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small