IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEXICO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2008MO027053
  • User Pedon ID: 2008MO027053
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0802753
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30225
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: -91.9955556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T49N
  • Range: R10W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 673 feet East and 1,459 feet South from the South East corner
  • Location Description: Topo plot in SE1/4, NE1/4, NW1/4, Sec. 1, T48, R10; about 1 1/2 mi N. of I 70
  • 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 #: 53
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MEXICO
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/28/2007
  • 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 mixed
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: divide
  • Anthropogenic Feature: ditch
  • 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: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Upper Wisconsinan Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/28/2007 (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
    • 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

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    272.5

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent prominent clay films; 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 dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), 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; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 12 percent prominent clay films; 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; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Btg—38 to 137 centimeters (15.0 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent faint clay films and 35 percent distinct silt coats; 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; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—137 to 244 centimeters (53.9 to 96.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak thick platy structure; very firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent faint clay films and 35 percent prominent silt coats; 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 (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—244 to 305 centimeters (96.1 to 120.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak thick platy structure; very firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 35 percent prominent silt coats; 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 (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Bt1—305 to 457 centimeters (120.1 to 179.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct clay films and 35 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, skeletans; 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 gray (10YR 5/1), 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; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Bt2—457 to 564 centimeters (179.9 to 222.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 12 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, skeletans and 35 percent prominent clay films; 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 grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2BC1—564 to 594 centimeters (222.0 to 233.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face clay loam; massive; very firm; 12 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, skeletans and 35 percent prominent clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 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; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2BC2—594 to 762 centimeters (233.9 to 300.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face clay loam; massive; firm; 12 percent distinct 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 light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2BCk—762 to 792 centimeters (300.0 to 311.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face clay loam; massive; firm; 12 percent distinct clay films; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), 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; 7 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments.; observed in pit, small