IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BLENCOE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2008MO089060
  • User Pedon ID: 2008MO089060
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0808960
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25689
  • 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: 38.9896944
  • Std. Longitude: -92.7728056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO089—Howard
  • MLRA: 115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO089—Howard County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38092-H7—Billingsville, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Greg Caldwell, LeAnn Bullard
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey over loamy, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 60
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BLENCOE
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LETA
  • Classificaton Date - 5/15/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock over loamy alluvium derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for long periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/15/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38092h7
  • 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 sheet
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—36

    36—81

    —36—

    —45—
    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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    —

    176.5

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    0

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 40 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004183; observed in push tube
    A—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 30 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004184; observed in push tube
    Bg1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 50 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004185; observed in push tube
    Bg2—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 25 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU004186; observed in push tube
    2Cg1—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 10.0 fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    2Cg2—107 to 147 centimeters (42.1 to 57.9 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and 40 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 10.0 fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in push tube
    3Cg3—147 to 203 centimeters (57.9 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face loamy fine sand; massive; friable; 10.0 fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in push tube